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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 19. 



NUTRIENTS DIGESTED AND ENERGY UTILIZED FROM WHITE BREAD. 





C'6 



6079 

 6080 

 6081 



M ilk, not digested 



Milk, not digested 



Butter, not digested , 



Sugar, not digested 



Feces from the above 



Feces, total 



Feces from white hread 



Nutrients in white bread 



Amount of nutrients digested. 

 Per cent of nutrients digested . 



Grams. 

 1.56 



1.14 

 .04 



Grams. 



.94 



.64 

 1.12 



Grams. 

 2.45 



1.61 



Calories. 



27 



19 

 11 



7 



2.74 

 10.80 



2.70 

 5.00 



5.69 

 16.60 



8.06 

 102.00 

 93.94 

 92.10 



2.30 

 26.00 

 23.70 

 91.15 



10.91 

 564.70 

 553.79 



98.07 



64 

 242 



178 

 3,218 

 3,040 



97.85 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 20. 



NUTRIENTS DIGESTED AND ENERGY UTILIZED FROM ENTIRE WHEAT BREAD. 



. 



oj 3 





c 

 p 



d 

 f^ 



m 

 



o3 







6088 





Grams. 

 1.11 



.39 



.04 



Grams. 



.75 



.27 

 1.96 



Grams. 

 1.54 



.53 



Calories 

 19 



6089 



Milk, not digested 



7 



6090 





18 







2.19 



s 















1.54 

 14.70 



2.98 

 8.20 



4.26 

 20.40 



52 



6091 





301 





Feces from entire wheat bread 







13.16 

 117.60 

 104.44 



88.81 



5.22 

 32.70 



27.48 

 84.04 



16.14 

 601.40 

 585.26 



97.31 



249 

 3,567 





Amount of nutrients digested 



Per cent of nutrients digested 



3,318 



96.85 



