yap. BULLETIN 717, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
peanuts from which the peanut flour was prepared. The average 
amount eaten was 55 grams daily; and apparently it was well 
digested, since the total fat of the diet—principally lard and peanut 
oil—was 95.5 per cent digested. This compares very favorably with 
the figures reported for tho digestibility of lard ‘ and peanut oil? as 
determined in earlier studies. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH FLOUR MADE FROM RAW PEANUTS. 
The data resulting from the four experiments made with peanut 
flour made from raw peanuts are summarized in the table which 
follows: 
Data of digestion experiments with flour made from raw peanuts in a simple mixed diet. 
| : Constituents of foods. 
Experiments, subject, and dict. Weleht 
of foods. : ne eae 
Water. rotein. Fat. | hydrates. Ash. 
CeQD crea) eters (ego st peer SAIL CY | 
Experiment No. 696, subject P. K.: | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams, | Grams 
Biscuits containing peanut flour. PSA.) 
Butter ---:-.-------2222-=------------= 
WOCESE Vn co eee a ee eae oe ee 
iPernicenti utilized tat S255 ses eee ee see eee ccsreloceseeeses 
Experiment No. 697, subject J. C. 
Biscuits containing peanut Mate eee 
Butter .-..-.-------------------------- 
Experiment No. 698, subject A. A. R.: 
Biscuits containing peanut flour.._.... 
Butter. -......-------------------+---- | 
Total food consumed..............-. 
Meces. 5 eb se SES 
AMOUNT ULINIZed ee ee ae eee ee 
‘Per cent 1itilized:. 2 eo ee ee ala eee | eee 
Experiment No. 699, subject W. E. T.: 
Biscuits containing peanut flour.....-. 
Butter. ...-..-...---.-------------- me 
GERY Ss cone scoossscosessocesceossseosesooc * 835. 9 364. 3 | 105. 5 117.1 224. 1 | 25. 0 
1U.S. Dept. Agr. Bul. 310 (1915), p. 21. 2U.S. Dept. Agr. Bul. 505 (1917), p. 18. 
