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BULLETIN 470, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Data of digestion experiments with feterita mush in a simple mixed diet — Continued. 
Weight. 
Water. 
Protein. 
Fat. 
Carbohy- 
drates. 
Ash. 
Experiment No. 259, subject D. G. G.: 
Grams. 
3,027.0 
Grams. 
2,003.3 
Grams. 
136.2 
Grams. 
9.1 
Grams. 
834.5 
Grams. 
43 9 
Butter. 
240.0 
1, 258. 
112.0 
26.4 
327.1 
2.4 
204.0 
7 2 
930.9 
112.0 
4,637.0 
150.0 
2,356.8 
138.6 
76.9 
61.7 
213.1 
16.8 
196.3 
1,877.4 
43.3 
1,834.1 
51.1 
13 
38.1 
Digestibility of entire ration (per cent) 
44.5 
92.1 
97.7 
74 6 
Estimated digestibility of mush alone 
43.6 
97.3 
Experiment No. 260, subject R. L. S.: 
2,490.0 
853.0 
203.0 
1,163.0 
1, 647. 9 
774.5 
22.3 
302.4 
112.0 
2.1 
2.0 
7.5 
2.6 
172.6 
686.5 
72.3 
36.1 
1 5 
Butter 
6 1 
860.6 
4, 742. 
125.0 
2,747.1 
116.1 
64.9 
51.2 
182.7 
12.1 
170.6 
1,652.4 
36.8 
1,615.6 
43 7 
11 2 
32 5 
44.1 
93.4 
97.8 
74.4 
Estimated digestibility of mush alone 
42.1 
98.3 
i . . 
Experiment No. 261, subject 0. E. S.: 
2,825.0 
1, 274. 
135.0 
1, 658. 
166.0 
l'l56!8 
14.9 
431.1 
127.1 
3.1 
1.3 
8.5 
3.8 
114.8 
778.8 
108.0 
41.0 
2 3 
Butter 
4.0 
Sirup 
Sugar 
1, 226. 9 
166.0 
6,058.0 
162.0 
3,472.4 
131.5 
88.5 
43.0 
127.1 
18.8 
108.3 
2,279.7 
41.8 
2,237.9 
47.3 
12.9 
34.4 
Digestibility of entire ration (per cent) . 
32.7 
85.2 
98.2 
72.7 
Estimated digestibility of mush alone 
30.4 
99.6 
Average food consumed per subject per 
1,774.7 
995. 3 
43.5 
59.1 
660.7 
16.1 
Summary of digestion experiments ivith feterita mush in a simple mixed diet. 
Experi- 
ment No. 
Subject. 
Protein. 
Carbo- 
hydrates. 
Experi- 
ment No. 
Subject. 
Protein. 
Carbo- 
hydrates. 
258 
259 
260 
H. F. B 
D. G. G 
R.L. S 
Per cent. 
77.5 
43.6 
42.1 
Per cent. 
99.3 
97.3 
98.3 
261 
O. E. S 
Average 
Per cent. 
30.4 
Per cent. 
99.6 
48.4 
98.6 
In these experiments an average of 43.5 grams of protein was 
supplied by the total diet, and of this amount 42.2 grams, or about 
97 per cent was derived from the feterita meal and 48.4 per cent 
digested. The carbohydrate portion of the mush, as in the other 
tests, was very completely utilized, since an average of 259 grams 
daily was 98.6 per cent digested. 
