DIGESTIBILITY OF THE GRAIN SORGHUMS. 



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Data of digestion experiments with softer Jcafir bread in a simple mixed diet- — Continued. 





Weight. 



Water. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Ash. 



Experiment No. 211, subject D. G. G.: 



Grams. 



1, 736. 



1, 008. 



798.0 



330.0 



201.0 



Grams. 

 583.3 

 756.0 

 718.2 

 36.3 



Grams. 



139.9 



30.2 



2.4 



3.3 



Grams. 

 96.4 



Grams. 



871.8 



211.7 



73.4 



Grams. 

 44.6 





10.1 





2.4 



280.5 



1.6 





9.9 





201.0 

















4,073.0 

 135.0 



2, 093. 8 



175.8 

 66.2 

 109.6 



379.3 



9.8 



■369. 5 



1,357.9 



33.0 



1,324.9 



66.2 





26.0 







40.2 

















62.3 



97.4 



97.6 



60.7 











Estimated digestibility of bread alone 







59.0 





98.7 















Experiment No. 212, subject R. L. S.: 



1,354.0 

 753.0 



1, 122. 

 209.0 

 182.0 



454.9 



564.8 



1,009.8 



23.0 



109.1 



22.6 



3.4 



2.1 



75.2 



680.0 

 158.1 

 103.2 



34.8 





7.5 





3.4 

 177.6 



2.2 





6.3 





182.0 

















3, 620. 

 136.0 



2, 052. 5 



137.2 

 63.0 

 74.2 



256.2 



18.1 



238.1 



1, 123. 3 



40.6 



1, 082. 7 



50.8 





14.3 







36.5 

















54.1 



92.9 



96.4 



71.9 











Estimated digestibility of bread alone 







50.5 





97.2 















Experiment No. 213, subject 0. E. S.: 



1,631.0 

 974.0 



1, 145. 

 280.0 

 227.0 



548.0 



730.5 



1,030.5 



30.8 



131.5 



29.2 



3.4 



2.8 



90.5 



819.1 

 204.5 

 105.3 



41.9 





9.8 





3.5 

 238.0 



2.3 





8.4 





227.0 

















4, 257. 

 193.0 



2,339.8 



166.9 

 83.6 

 83.3 



332.0 



22.5 



309.5 



1,355.9 



66.3 



1,289.6 



62.4 





20.6 







41.8 











Digestibility of entire ration (per cent) . 







49.9 



93.2 



95.1 



67.0 











Estimated digestibility of bread alone 







44.2 

 45.6 





95.0 

 385.2 





Average food consumed per subject 



1,258.4 



705.8 



103.6 



18.2 







Summary of digestion experiments with softer Icafir bread in a simple mixed diet. 



Experi- 

 ment 

 No. 



Subject. 



Protein. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Experi- 

 ment 

 No. 



Subject. 



Protein. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



187 



188 



D.G. G 



R.L.S 



O. E.S 



R. F.T 



D.G.G 



Per cent. 

 90.8 

 38.0 

 38.2 

 37.4 

 59.0 



Per cent. 

 98.7 

 94.6 

 93.6 

 95.1 

 98.7 



212 



213 



R.L.S 



O.E.S 



Per cent. 

 50.5 

 44.2 



Per cent. 

 97.2 

 95.0 



190 



211 



51.2 



96.1 



In these experiments with the softer kafir bread in a simple mixed 

 diet it will be noted that on an average 46 grams of protein and 

 385 grams of carbohydrate were supplied the subjects daily. The 

 bread alone furnished 35 grams and 230 grams of these constituents, 

 which were found to be 51.2 per cent and 96.1 per cent digested, 

 respectively. These figures indicate that the bread protein appar- 

 ently was less available than in the preceding tests in which harder 

 kafir bread was eaten with milk. 



