26 BULLETIN 470, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Summary of digestion experiments with milo mush in a simple mixed diet. 
Experi- 
ment No. 
Subject. 
Protein. 
Carbohy- 
drates. 
Experi- 
; ment No. 
Subject. 
Protein. 
Carbohy- 
drates. 
254 
255 
256 
H.F.B 
D.G.G 
R.L.S 
Per cent. 
21.2 
39.5 
47.2 
Per cent. 
96.0 
96.6 
99.2 
257 
O.E. S 
Average 
Per cent. 
29.6 
Per cent. 
98.9 
34.4 
97.7 
In the above summary it will be noted that an average of 97.7 per 
cent of the carbohydrates of milo mush was digested and that 34.4 
per cent of the milo protein was assimilated by the body. This mush 
was apparently less digested than that of the preceding experiments 
and, moreover, it supplied only 39 grams of protein and 224 grams 
of carbohydrates daily. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH KAOLIANG MUSH. 
Kaoliang mush was of a light-chocolate color and so had a differ" 
ent appearance from that of the other mushes. Its flavor, however, 
was not pronounced, but much like that of the mushes made from the 
other grain sorghums studied. The essential data of eight diges- 
tion experiments in which four subjects assisted are recorded in the 
following tables: 
Data of digestion experiments with kaoliang mush in a simple mixed diet. 
Weight. 
Water. 
Protein. 
Fat. 
Carbohy- 
drates. 
Ash. 
Experiment No. 385, subject D. G. G.: 
Kaoliang mush 
Grams. 
3, 060. 
1.013.0 
267.0 
1,586.0 
129.0 
Grams. 
2, 400. 9 
916.3 
29.4 
634.4 
Grams. 
82.3 
2.5 
2.7 
Grams. 
27.9 
3.2 
226.9 
Grams. 
527.5 
89.1 
Grams. 
21.4 
Apple sauce 
1.9 
Butter 
8.0 
951.6 
129.0 
Sugar 
Total food consumed 
6, 055. 
166.0 
3,981.0 
87.5 
85.9 
1.6 
258.0 
19.2 
238.8 
1, 697. 2 
47.1 
1, 650. 1 
31.3 
Feces 
13.8 
17.5 
18.3 
92.6 
97.2 
55.9 
Estimated digestibility of mush alone 
96.9 
Experiment No. 386, subject A. J. H.: 
2,388.0 
931.0 
164.0 
479.0 
89.0 
1,873.6 
842.1 
18.1 
191.6 
64.3 
2.3 
1.6 
21.7 
2.9 
139.4 
411.7 
81.9 
16.7 
Apple sauce 
1.8 
Butter 
4.9 
287.4 
89.0 
Sugar 
Total food consumed . . 
4,051.0 
149.0 
2, 925. 4 
68.2 
82.0 
164.0 
21.4 
142.6 
870.0 
32.1 
837.9 
23.4 
Feces 
13.5 
9.9 
87.0 
96.3 
42.3 
Estimated digestibility of mush alone 
(per cent) 
96.0 
