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diet period but also that the percentages of total creatinin and total 
nitrogen in the urine during the experimental diet period was signifi¬ 
cantly less than during the basal diet period. 
Table VI .—Comparison of total solids of urine excreted during periods I and II 
Date of sample. 
Total solids. 
Hypotheti¬ 
cal mean. 
Percentage 
of total 
solids of 
period II 
compared 
with that 
of period I 
taken as 
100. 
Period I: 
Mar. 18. 
Gm, 
59 -64 
55 - 77 
54- 83 
55 - 26 
Gm. 
19. 
} 57 - 7 ° 
Period II: * 
Mar. 25. 
95-3 
26. 
} 55-04 
Table VII .—Comparison of creatinin in urine of periods I and II 
Date of sample. 
Creatinin. 
Hypotheti¬ 
cal mean. 
Percentage 
of creatinin 
of period I 
compared 
with that 
of period 11 
taken as 
IOO. 
Period I: 
Mat* tR . 
Gm. 
1.361 
•993 
. 721 
•735 
Gm. 
} !• 177 
| . 728 
19 . 
61. 9 
Period II: 
Mar. 25 . 
26. 
Table VIII. — Comparison of total nitrogen in urine of periods I and II 
Date of sample. 
Total 
nitrogen. 
Hypotheti¬ 
cal mean. 
Percentage 
of total 
nitrogen 
of period I 
compared 
with that 
of period II 
taken as 
IOO. 
Period I: 
Mar. 18. 
Gm. 
6.364 
7.462 
4. 651 
7 - 9*3 
Gm. 
| 6.913 
| 6. 282 
90. 8 
19. 
Period II: 
Mar. 25. 
16. 
Although the results of a single experiment of this nature do not 
suffice to disprove the belief prevailing among stockmen that pumpkin 
and squash seeds when fed to live stock exhibit a very marked diuretic 
