26 BULLETIN 4V0, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



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



Experi- 

 ment No. 



Subject. 



Protein. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Experi- 

 ment No. 



Subject. 



Protein. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



254 



H. F.B 



D. G. G 



R.L.S 



Per cent. 

 21.2 

 39.5 

 47.2 



Per cent. 

 96.0 

 96.6 

 99.2 



257 



O.E. S 



Average 



Per cent. 

 29.6 



Per cent. 

 98.9 



256 



34.4 



97.7 



In the above summary it will be noted that an average of 97.7 per 

 cent of the carbohydrates of milo mush was digested and that 34.4 

 per cent of the milo protein was assimilated by the body. This mush 

 was apparently less digested than that of the preceding experiments 

 and, moreover, it supplied only 39 grams of protein and 224 grams 

 of carbohydrates daily. 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH KAOLIANG MUSH. 



Kaoliang mush was of a light-chocolate color and so had a differ - 

 ent appearance from that of the other mushes. Its flavor, however, 

 was not pronounced, but much like that of the mushes made from the 

 other grain sorghums studied. The essential data of eight diges- 

 tion experiments in which four subjects assisted are recorded in the 

 following tables: 



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





Weight. 



Water. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Ash. 



Experiment No. 385, subject D. G. G.: 



Grams. 

 3, 060. 

 1,013.0 



267.0 

 1,586.0 



129.0 



Grams. 

 2, 400. 9 



916.3 

 29.4 



634.4 



Grams. 

 82.3 

 2.5 

 2.7 



Grams. 



27.9 



3.2 



226.9 



Grams. 



527.5 



89.1 



Grams. 

 21.4 





1.9 





8.0 





951.6 

 129.0 























Total food consumed 



6. 055. 

 166.0 



3,981.0 



87.5 

 85.9 

 1.6 



258.0 



19.2 



238.8 



1. 697. 2 



47.1 



1, 650. 1 



31.3 





13.8 







17.5 

















18.3 



92.6 



97.2 



55.9 











Estimated digestibility of mush alone 











96.9 

















Experiment No. 386, subject A. J. H.: 



2, 388. 



931.0 



164.0 



479.0 



89.0 



1, 873. 6 



842.1 



18.1 



191.6 



64.3 

 2.3 

 1.6 



21.7 



2.9 



139.4 



411.7 

 81.9 



16.7 





1.8 





4.9 





287.4 

 89.0 

























4,051.0 

 149.0 



2, 925. 4 



68.2 

 82.0 



164.0 

 21.4 

 142.6 



S70.il 

 32.1 

 837.9 



23.4 





13.5 







9.9 





















87.0 



96.3 



42.3 













Estimated digestibility of mush alone 











96.0 

















