DIGESTIBILITY OF THE GRAIN SORGHUMS. 

 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH MILO MUSH. 



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Milo mush closely resembled the other mushes in appearance and 

 lack of definite flavor. Eaten with sirup and butter, however, it was 

 apparently relished by the four subjects who assisted in the experi- 

 ments recorded below: 



Data of digestion experiments with milo mush in a simple mixed diet. 





Weight. 



Water. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Ash. 



Experiment No. 254, subject H. F. B.: 



Grams. 

 3, 656. 

 1,021.0 



277.0 

 1,494.0 



209.0 



Grams. 

 2,772.0 



927.1 

 30.5 



556.0 



Grams. 



121.0 



2.4 



2.8 



Grams. 



25.6 



3.1 



235.4 



Grams. 

 690.6 

 86.6 



Grams. 

 46.8 





1.8 





8.3 





938.0 

 209.0 

























6,657.0 

 189.0 



4,285.6 



126.2 

 95.9 

 30.3 



264.1 



18.9 



245.2 



1,924.2 



59.2 



1, 865. 



56.9 





15.0 







41.9 











Digestibility of entire ration (per cent). 







24.0 



92.8 



96.9 



73.6 









Estimated digestibility of mush alone 







21.2 





96.0 















Experiment No. 255, subject D. G. G.: 



3,972.0 



3,011.6 



131.5 



27.8 



750.3 



50.8 









249.0 



1,424.0 



129.0 



27.4 

 520.8 



2.5 



211.6 





7.5 





903.2 

 129.0 

























5,774.0 

 151.0 



3,559.8 



134.0 

 79.5 

 54.5 



239.4 



11.8 



227.6 



1,782.5 



46.0 



1,736.5 



58.3 





13.7 







44.6 











Digestibility of entire ration (per cent) . 







40.7 



95.1 



97.4 



76.5 









Estimated digestibility of mush alone 







39.5 





96.6 















Experiment No. 256, subject E. L. S.: 



2,945.0 

 744.0 

 201.0 



1,225.0 

 20.0 



2,232.9 

 675.6 

 22.1 

 476.5 



97.5 

 1.8 

 2.0 



20.6 



2.2 



170.9 



556.3 

 63.1 



37.7 





1.3 





6.0 





748.5 

 20.0 

























5, 135. 

 102.0 



3,407.1 



101.3 

 51.9 

 49.4 



193.7 

 13.2 

 180.5 



1,387.9 



26.1 



1,361.8 



45.0 





10.8 







34.2 

















48.8 



93.2 



98.1 



76.0 











Estimated digestibility of mush alone 







47.2 





99.2 















Experiment No. 257, subject 0. E. S.: 



3,642.0 

 1, 087. 



166.0 

 1,473.0 



206.0 



2,761.4 



987.0 



18.2 



552.9 



120.5 

 2.6 

 1.7 



25.5 



3.2 



141.1 



688.0 

 92.2 



46.6 





2.0 





5.0 





920.1 

 206.0 

























6,574.0 

 167.0 



4,319.5 



124.8 

 85.3 

 39.5 



169.8 

 21.8 

 148.0 



1,906.3 



45.0 



1,861.3 



53.6 





14.9 







38.7 

















31.7 



87.2 



97.6 



72.2 











Estimated digestibility of mush alone 







29.6 





98.9 















Average food consumed per subject per 

 day 



2,011.7 



1,297.7 



40.5 



72.3 



583.4 



17.8 







