62 
Table 47. — Summary of digestion experiments 
Ex- 
peri- 
ment 
No. 
Kind of food. 
391 Bananas 
392 Bananas and almonds 
395 Bananas and walnuts 
397 Apples and walnuts 
399 Apples and almonds 
100 Apples, bananas, and walnuts 
402 Apples, bananas, and almonds ... 
404 Apples, bananas, and Brazil nuts. 
107 Apples, bananas, and pecans 
408 Apples, bananas, pecans, granose. 
409 Oranges, bananas, pecans 
410 Bananas, oranges, pecans, granose 
411 Oranges, prunes and walnuts 
41:2 Dates, olives, and walnuts 
413 Dates, olives, and almonds 
414 Date-, almond-, olives, and gra- 
nose 
Average of 16 experiments. . 
Total 
organic Protein, 
matter. 
Pi r ct. 
91. 4f. 
89.91 
ss.f.ll 
82. 72 
89.61 ; 
90.30 
91.51 I 
90.04 
90.15 
85. 34 
89. 82 
88.67 
93.53 
84.71 
87.68 
82.15 
Per <-t. 
76.04 
70.00 
75. 85 
62. 46 
74.41 
74.61 
79.93 
75. 34 
69.46 
64.16 
70.70 
-9. 89 
83.38 
59.81 
65.84 
Carbohydrates. 
Fat. 
Sugar, 
starch, Filter. 
etc. 
Per ct. 
18. 92 
84.70 
84.79 
83. 25 
88. 23 
90. 15 
91.84 
91.47 
88.19 
81.45 
e9.96 
82. 23 
88.34 
78.41 
83.22 
75. 08 
86.16 
Perct. 
97.01 
95. 13 
93. 80 
91.70 
94.48 
95. 24 
92.98 
94. 24 
92. 04 
94.40 
94. 26 
97.48 
90. 35 
92. 14 
S9.15 
93.70 
Per ct. 
89.40 
76.59 
56. 12 
78.14 
81. 53 
85.66 
83.57 
79.62 
86.16 
33. 86 
75.93 
43.78 
83. 89 
71.48 
78.34 
63. 42 
74.60 
Ash. 
/'</• ct. 
78.38 
42.19 
44.52 
51.22 
40.68 
57.25 
34.51 
40. 85 
*48."i9' 
35. 37 
76.85 
58.47 
55. 54 
« 54. 02 
Heat of 
com- 
bus- 
tion. 
Beret. 
90.66 
85.73 
83.78 
78.86 
86.18 
86.20 
88.15 
86.61 
86.65 
81.02 
87.12 
84.53 
89.58 
78.79 
82.45 
80.89 
84. 7( 
a Average of 14 experiments. 
Table 48. — Income and outgo of nitrogen. 
Ex- 
peri- 
ment 
No. 
Nitrogen. 
Kind of food. 
In food. In urine. 
In feces. 
Gain (4-) 
or loss (-). 
391 
395 
397 
399 
402 
408 
409 
410 
411 
112 
113 
111 
415 
Bananas, whole period (3 days) 
Average for 1 day 
Bananas and almonds, whole period ( 4 day- 
Average for 1 day '. 
Bananas and walnuts, whole period (4 days ) 
Average for 1 day 
Apples and walnuts, whole period (4 days) 
Average for 1 day 
Apples and almonds, whole period (4 days) 
Average for 1 day 
Apples, bananas, and walnuts, whole period (4 
days) 
Average for 1 day 
Apples, bananas, and almonds, whole period (4 
days) 
Average for 1 day 
Apples, bananas, and Brazil nuts, whole period 
(4 days) 
Average for 1 day 
Apples, bananas, and pecans, whole period (4 
days) 
Average for 1 day 
Apples, bananas, pecans, and granose, whole 
period (4 days ) 
Average for 1 day 
Oranges, bananas, and pecans, whole period (4 
days j 
Average for 1 day 
Oranges, bananas, pecans, and granose, whole 
period i day- j 
Average for 1 day 
Oranges, prunes, and walnuts, whole period (3 
days ) 
Average for 1 day 
Dates, olives, and walnuts, whole period (4 days.. 
Average for 1 day 
Dates, olives, and almonds, whole period ( l day- . 
Average tor 1 day 
Dates, olives, almonds, and granose. whole period 
(4 days) 
Average for 1 days 
Gofio | prepared cereal ), whole period (3 days) 
Average for 1 day 
Grams. 
10. 53 
3.51 
24. 71 
6.18 
26.33 
6.58 
28.63 
7.16 
28. 57 
7 14 
33.98 
8.49 
45.60 
11.40 
25.40 
6.3» 
22. 62 
29.68 
7.42 
25. 02 
6. 25 
31 . 22 
7.-1 
29. 00 
S7 
21.87 
5. 17 
23. 94 
5 98 
29 U 
7.41 
26. 87 
8.95 
Grams. 
12. 03 
4.01 
20.73 
5.18 
17.97 
4.49 
18.14 
4.53 
20.45 
5.11 
19.30 
4.82 
19.97 
4.99 
22.29 
29.02 
7.25 
31.43 
24. 46 
6 11 
31 63 
7.91 
11.37 
4. 79 
19.15 
1.79 
23. 97 
5. 64 
17.26 
5. 75 
Grams. 
2.53 
.84 
7.42 
1.86 
6.36 
1.59 
10.75 
2.69 
7.29 
1.82 
8.63 
2.16 
9.15 
2.29 
6.27 
1.57 
6.91 
1.73 
10.64 
2.66 
7.33 
1.83 
9.40 
2.35 
1.64 
- 78 
2. 20 
8.19 
2. 05 
2 24 
6.52 
2.17 
Grams. 
- 4. 
- 1.34 
- 3.44 
- .86 
4- 2.00 
+ .50 
- .26 
- .07 
+ .83 
4- .21 
4- 6.05 
+ 1.51 
+16. 48 
+ 4.12 
- 3.16 
- .79 
-13.31 
- 3.33 
-12.39 
- 3.10 
- 6.77 
- 1.69 
- 9.81 
- 2.45 
+ 10.30 
+ 3.43 
- 6.06 
- 1 52 
- 8.22 
- 2 06 
- 1.88 
- 47 
4-3.09 
+ 1 03 
