18 BULLETIN 717^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Data of digestion experiments with soy-bean flour in a simple mixed diet — Continued. 





Weight 

 of foods. 



Constituents of foods. 



Experiments, subjects, and diet. 



Water. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



Ash. 



Experiment No. 672, subject A. A. R.: 



Biscuits containing soy-bean flour 



Fruit 



Grams. 

 1,296.0 



893.0 

 43.0 



154.0 



Gram^. 



423. i 



776.0 



4.7 



Grams. 



236.5 



7.1 



.4 



Grams. 



119.9 



1.8 



36.6 



Grams. 

 462.2 

 103.6 



Grams. 

 54.0 

 4.5 



Butter 



1.3 





154.0 

















2,386.0 

 77.0 



1, 204. 1 



244.0 

 28.5 

 215.5 



158.3 



12.1 



146.2 



719.8 

 25.9 

 693.9 



59.8 



Feces 



10.5 



Amount utilized 





49.3 

















88.3 



92.4 



96.4 



82.4 











Experiment No. 678, subject P. K.: 



Biscuits containing soy-bean flour 



Fruit 



1, 629. 

 413.0 

 400.0 

 246.0 



528. 

 358.9 

 44.0 



287.7 

 3.3 

 4.0 



83.4 



.8 



340.0 



653.4 

 47.9 



76.5 

 2.1 



Butter 



12.0 





246.0 

















2,688.0 

 76.0 



930.9 



295.0 

 27.1 

 267.9 



424.2 



13.7 



410.5 



947.3 



22.3 



925.0 



90.6 





12 9 







77.7 

















90.8 



96.8 



97.6 



85.8 











Experiment No. 679, subject J. C. M.: 



Biscuits containmg soy-bean flour 



Fruit 



1,245.0 

 466.0 

 206.0 

 257.0 



403.5 

 405.0 

 22.6 



219.9 

 3.7 

 2.1 



63.7 



.9 



175.1 



499.4 

 54.1 



58.5 

 2.3 





6.2 





257.0 













Total food consumed 



2, 174. 

 85.0 



831.1 



225.7 

 30.3 

 195.4 



239.7 



10.5 



229.2 



810.5 



30.4 



780.1 



67.0 





13.8 







53.2 











Per cetit utiKzed 







86.6 



95.6 



96.2 



79.4 











Experiment No. 680, subject A. A. R.: 



Biscuits containing soy-bean flour 



Fruit 



1,239.0 



1,384.0 



46.0 



230.0 



401.6 



1,202.7 



5.1 



218.8 

 11.1 



.4 



63.4 



2.8 



39.1 



497.0 

 160.5 



58.2 

 6.9 





1.4 



Sugar 



230.0 















Total food consumed 



2,899.0 

 95.0 



1,609.4 



230.3 

 31.6 

 198.7 



105.3 



7.8 

 p. 5 



887.5 

 40.5 

 847.0 



66.6 



Feces 



15.1 







51.4 











Per cent utilized 







86.3 



92.6 



95.4 



77.3 













Average food consumed per subject per 



823.1 



355.8 



84.4 



91.6 



268.1 



23.2 







Summarij of digestion experiments with soy-bean flour in a simple mixed diet. 





Subject. 



Digestibility of entire ration. 



Esti- 

 mated 



Experiment No. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



Ash. 



digesti- 

 bility of 

 soy-bean 

 protein 

 alone. 



669. . .. 



A. F.. . . . 



Per cent. 

 88.8 

 81.8 

 83.7 

 88.3 

 90.8 

 86.6 

 86.3 



Per cent. 

 94.7 

 91.9 

 95.1 

 92.4 

 96.8 

 95.6 

 92.6 



Per cent. 

 97.0 

 95.4 

 95.9 

 96.4 

 97.6 

 96.2 

 95.4 



Per cent. 

 75.8 

 75.5 

 75.1 

 82.4 

 85.8 

 79.4 

 77.3 



Per cent. 

 88.0 



670 



P. K 



79.4 



671 



J. C. M 



81.6 



672 



A. A. R 



87.5 



678 



P.K 



90.2 



679 



J. C. M 



85.2 



680 



A. A. R 



85.0 









Average 



86.6 



94.2 



96.3 



78.8 



85.3 









