THE DIGESTIBILITY OF MILLETS. 
potatoes and fruit has been found to be 95 per cent 1 and 90 per 
cent, 1 respectively. 
The details of the digestion experiments are recorded in the fol- 
lowing tables, which include the kind, amount, and total weight of 
different foods eaten by each subject, the weight of the various con- 
stituents of the foods, the weight of the feces, the amount of food 
utilized, the coefficients of digestibility of the entire ration, and the 
estimated digestibility of the bread alone. 
Data of digestion experiments with millet in a simple mixed diet. 
Weight. 
Water. 
Protein. 
Fat. 
Carbo- 
hydrates. 
Ash. 
Experiment No. 425, subject D. G. G.: 
Grams. 
1,299.0 
624.0 
964.0 
413.0 
72.0 
Grams. 
324.7 
471.1 
859.9 
45.4 
Grams. 
130.7 
15.6 
2.9 
4.1 
Grams. 
98.9 
.6 
3.9 
351.1 
Grams. 
688.7 
130.4 
95.4 
Grams. 
56.0 
6.3 
Fruit 
1.9 
12.4 
72.0 
3,372.0 
199.0 
1,701.1 
153.3 
104.4 
48.9 
454.5 
15.1 
439.4 
986:5 
58.9 
927.6 
76.6 
20.6 
56.0 
31.9 
96.7 
94.0 
73.1 
Estimated digestibility of bread alone 
1 
22.6 
94.0 
Experiment No. 426, subject A. J. H.: 
1,244.0 
647.0 
792.0 
364.0 
82.0 
311.0 
488.5 
706.4 
40.1 
125.1 
16.2 
2.4 
3.6 
94.7 
.6 
3.2 
309.4 
659.6 
135.2 
78.4 
53.6 
Potato w 
6.5 
1.6 
10.9 
82.0 
3,129.0 
173.0 
1,546.0 
147.3 
90.8 
56.5 
407.9 
19.8 
388.1 
955.2 
44.9 
910.3 
72.6 
17.5 
55.1 
38.4 
95.1 
95.3 
75.9 
Estimated digestibility of bread alone 
30.0 
95.6 
Experiment No. 427, subject R. L. S.: 
Bread. 
1,102.0 
215.0 
892.0 
197.0 
87.0 
275.5 
162.3 
795.6 
21.7 
110.8 
5.4 
2.7 
2.0 
83.9 
.2 
3.6 
167.4 
584.3 
44.9 
88.3 
47.5 
Potato 
2.2 
1.8 
Butter : 
5.9 
87.0 
Total food consumed 
2,493.0 
156.0 
1,255.1 
120. 9 
79.1 
41.8 
255.1 
18.2 
236.9 
804.5 
40.4 
764.1 
57.4 
18.3 
39.1 
Digestibility of entire ration (per cent). 
34.6 
92.9 
95.0 
68.1 
Estimated digestibility of bread alone 
29.9 
95.3 
Experiment No. 448, subject D. G. G.: 
1,397.0 
549.0 
344.0 
162.0 
. 366.2 
414.5 
37.8 
138.9 
13.7 
2.0 
3.5 
113.4 
.6 
2.6 
292.4 
722.9 
114.7 
74.3 
55.6 
Potato 
5.5 
Fruit 
1.3 
Butter 
10.3 
Sugar 
162.0 
Total food consumed 
3,104.0 
191.0 
1,390.3 
158.1 
92.7 
65.4 
409.0 
2i 2 
387'. 8 
1,073.9 
57.4 
1,016.5 
72.7 
Feces 
19 7 
Amount utilized 
53.0 
Digestibility of entire ration (per cent) 
41.4 
94.8 
94.7 
72.9 
(per cent) 
35.2 
94.3 
1 Connecticut Storrs Sta. Rpt. 1899, p. 104. 
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