148 MAINU AGRICULTURAL EXPE^RIMElNT STATION. I906. 



DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 39. 

 Kinds of food : Chestnut flour, bread, potatoes and milk. 

 Subject: E. R. M. Age 23 years. 



Weight (without clothes) ; at beginning 136.7 lbs., at close 134.1 lbs. 

 Duration : 3 days, 9 meals. 



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6416 

 6417 



Chestnut flour 



Bread 



900.0 



1275.0 



40.0 



150.0 

 2700.0 



100.0 



821.2 

 79S.3 

 9.4 

 17.5 

 242.1 

 100.0 



57.4 



137.9 



.9 



5.3 



104.6 



29.9 



6.6 



.1 



4.9 



13.0 



733.9 

 653.8 

 8.4 

 7.3 

 124.5 

 100.0 



21.6 

 25.5 



.4 

 1.0 

 17.8 



3562 

 3569 



6374 

 6420 



Potatoes 



Milk 



40 

 110 



6419 





1177 







396 





Tot£,^ 













1988.5 



306.1 



54.5 



1627.9 



66.3 

 17.4 



8854 















93.0 

 24.2 



46.7 

 13.2 



14.3 



.4 



32.0 

 10.6 



604 





Estimated feces from 

 food other than chest- 





120 





Estimated feces from 











68.8 



33.5 



13.9 



21.4 





4^4 





Total amount digested 

 Estimated digestible 

 nutrients in chest- 

 nuts 











1895.1 



7.52.4 



359.4 

 23.9 



40.2 

 16.0 



1595.9 

 712.5 



48.9 



8250 

 3078 





Co-efllcients of digesti- 

 bility of total food . . . 









% 



% 

 95.3 



91.6 



% 



84.7 



41.6 



% 

 73.8 



53.5 



% 



98.0 



97.1 



% 



73.8 



% 

 (93.2) 



(80.4) 





Estimated co-efllcients 

 of digestibility of 











DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 40. 



Kind of food: Chestnut flour, bread, potatoes, and milk. 

 Subject: H. A.. M. Age, 34 years. 



Weight (without clothes) ; at beginning 130.7 lbs.; at close 129.3 lbs. 

 Duration: 3 days, 9 meals. 



6416 





900.0 



1275.0 



40.0 



150.0 

 2700.0 



100.0 



821.2 

 755.7 

 9.4 

 17.5 

 242.1 

 100.0 



57.4 



130.5 



.9 



5.3 



104.6 



29.9 



6.2 



.1 



4.9 



13.0 



733.9 

 619.0 

 8.4 

 7.3 

 124.5 

 100.0 



21.6 



26.5 



.4 



1.0 



17.8 



3562 



6418 





8365 



6374 





40 



6420 



Milk 



110 



6419 





1177 







396 





Total 













1945.9 



298.7 



54.1 



1593.1 



67.3 



8850 





Feces 











59.1 

 23.2 



30.1 

 12.6 



8.8 

 .4 



20.2 

 10.2 



14.2 



373 





Estimated feces from 

 food other than chest- 





114 





Estimated feces from 











35.9 



17.5 



8.4 



10.0 





259 





Total amount digested 



Estimated digestible 



nutrients in chest- 











1886.8 

 785.. 3 



268.6 

 39.9 



45.3 

 21.5 



1572.9 



723.9 



53.1 



8477 

 3303 





Co-efl3cients of digesti- 

 bility of total food... 









% 



% 

 97.0 



98.1 



% 

 89.9 



69.5 



% 

 83.7 



71.9 



% 



98.7 



98.6 



% 



78. 



% 

 (92.7) 



(92.2) 





Estimated coeflacients 

 of digestibility of 

 chestnuts alone 











