10 BULLETIN 751, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
conditions were the same for the two groups, experiments Nos. 417, 
418, and 420 and experiments Nos. 460, 461, 462, and 463. The fol- 
lowing table reports the results of these experiments : 
Data of digestion experiments with fine wheat oran in a simple mixed diet. 
Experiments, subjects, and diet. 
Weight 
of foods. 
Constituents of foods. 
Water. 
Protein. 
Fat. 
Carbohy- 
drates. 
Ash. 
.Cjxpenment y*o. 4li , subject u .(j ,(jt .1 
Grams. 
1,714.0 
568.0 
852.0 
524.0 
134.0 
Grams. 
796.3 
428.8 
770.9 
57.7 
Grams. 
93.2 
14.2 
2.1 
5.2 
Grams. 
138.2 
0.6 
2.7 
445.4 
Grams. 
596.5 
118.7 
74.7 
Grams. 
89.8 
5.7 
1.6 
15.7 
Potato 
Butter 
•134.0 
3 792 0 
438.0 
2,053.7 
114.7 
79.3 
35.4 
586.9 
37.0 
549.9 
923.9 
267.6 
656.3 
112.8 
54.1 
58.7 
Feces 
Digestibility of entire ration (per cent). 
Estimated digestibility of bran alone 
30.9 
93.7 
71.0 
52.0 
18.0 
38.4 
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1,495. 0 
588.0 
771. 0 
482.0 
142.0 
694.6 
443.9 
697.6 
53.0 
81.3 
14.7 
1.9 
4.8 
120.5 
.6 
2.4 
409.7 
520.3 
122.9 
67.6 
78.3 
5.9 
1.5 
14.5 
Butter 
142.0 
3, 4/ 8. 0 
471.0 
1,889.1 
102.7 
85.0 
17. 7 
533.2 
196.3 
336.9 
852.8 
127. 0 
725.8 
100.2 
62.7 
37.5 
Feces 
Digestibility of entire ration (per cent) 
17.2 
63.2 
85.1 
37.4 
Estimated digestibility of bran alone 
0) 
69.2 
Jiixperiment JNo. 419, subject K.L/.b.; 
1,372.0 
497.0 
807.0 
282.0 
78.0 
637. 4 
375.2 
730.2 
31.0 
74.6 
12.4 
2.0 
2.8 
110.6 
.5 
2.5 
239.7 
477.5 
103.9 
70.8 
71.9 
5.0 
1.5 
8.5 
Butter 
78.0 
6, U6b. 0 
440.0 
1,773.8 
91.8 
90.2 
1.6 
353.3 
47.0 
* 306.3 
730.2 
246.0 
484.2 
86.9 
56.8 
30.1 
Feces 
Digestibility of entire ration (percent) 
1.7 
86.7 
66.3 
34.6 
Estimated digestibility of bran alone 
(per cent) 
0) 
28.8 
Experiment No. 420, subject O.E.S.: 
Bread made of fine bran 
1,399.0 
520.0 
876.0 
280.0 
196.0 
650.0 
392.6 
792.6 
30.8 
76.1 
13.0 
2.2 
2.8 
112.8 
.5 
2.7 
238.0 
486.8 
10S.7 
76.8 
73.3 
5.2 
Li 
8.4 
Potato 
Fruit 
Butter 
Sugar 
1 
196.0 
Total food consumed 

3,271.0 
410.0 
1, 866. 0 
94.1 
81.2 
12.9 
354.0 
52.3 
301.7 
868.3 
224.8 
643.5 
88.6 
51.7 
36.9 
Feces 
Digestibility of entire ration (per cent). 
13.7 
85.2 
74.1 
37.6 
41.6 
Estimated digestibility of bran alone 
( npr ppnt"! 
0) 
1 Negative results, the fecal protein exceeding that in bran eaten. 
