192 



MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 23. 



Kind of food; graham bread, witb milk, butter and sugar. 



Subject; O. W. K. 



Weight (without clothes) ; at beginning, 136.2 lbs., at end, 136 lbs. 



ifl S aj 

 o-Sa 



4-J C 00 





1 



Total organic 

 matter — 

 Grains. 



p d 



£'5 



r r, 



it 



1 



31 



05 



1 a 

 <;5 



1] 

 3 



5 

 111 



4' =S 



€098 

 6099 



Graham bread . . 



Milk 



1,200.0 



1,400.0 



1,076.0 



201.4 



1S5.0 



679.8 

 184.5 

 134.. ^i 

 161.7 

 18.i.0 



89.1 



50.8 



36.4 



2.3 



33 

 64.4 

 49.5 

 159.4 



557.7 



69.3 

 48.6 



185'.0 " 



17.6 

 10.5 

 6.7 

 13.0 





3,178 

 1,243 



876 



6100 



Milk 



6107 



Butter 



Sugar 



1,495 



738 





Total 













1,345..') 



78.8 



178.6 

 22.0 



306.3 



7.8 



860.6 

 49.0 



47.8 

 14.3 





7,. 530 



•6101 



Feces 



Amount digested 



Per cent digested 



Estimated heat of 

 combustion of urine 



Energy of food oxi- 

 dized in the bodj^ . . 





472 







1,266.7 

 94.14 



156.6 



87.68 



298.5 

 97.45 



811.6 

 94.31 



33.5 



70.08 





7,058 

 155 























6,903 





Per cent energy util- 

 ized 















91.7 





















DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 24. 



Kind of food; white bread, with milk, butter and sugar. 



Subject; O. W. K. 



Weight (without clotlies) ; at beginning 147.6 lbs., at end, 144 7 lbs. 



So 



ei 5; oj 



311 





h 

 ^s3 





 5 



M 1 



r; *-> T» 



SB 



^'3 



'^■3 



1 



B%--3 



1 s 



Heats of 

 combustion, 

 determined- 

 Calories. 



■6120 





568.0 



1,629.6 



67.8 



40.2 



344.8 



223.3 



56.0 



40.2 



51.3 



59.2 



.8 



7 6 

 88.0 

 55.2 



285.9 

 76.1 



"40.2 



6.5 

 12.2 



2.8 



1,595 



6121 

 6122 



Milk 



1,403 

 516 







125 





Total 













664.3 

 9.3 



U1.3 

 2.4 



150.8 

 1.5 



402.2 

 5.4 



21.5 

 3.1 



3,699 



^6124 







50 















e.'iS.O 

 98.60 



108.9 



97.84 



149.3 

 99.00 



396.8 

 98.66 



18.4 



85.58 



3,649 













Estimated heat of 



combustion of urine 



Energy of food oxi- 





95 





















3,554 





Per cent energy util- 















96.1 





















