New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 
447 
Digestibility. 
The digestibility of the albuminoids was determined in each case by- 
pepsin digestion. A marked difference in digestibility is shown for the 
different plats, the coefficient ranging from 38 to 72 per cent. 
PLAT. 
Total al- 
buminoids. 
True al- 
buminoids. 
Per cent 
undigested. 
Per cent 
total albu- 
minoids 
digested. 
Per cent 
true albu- 
minoids 
digested. 
I 
13 
94 
13 
21 
8 
31 
40 
39 
37 
09 
II 
13 
06 
12 
44 
5 
75 
55 
97 
53 
78 
Ill 
14 
50 
12 
75 
5 
31 
- 63 
37 
58 
35 
IV 
15 
11 
13 
00 
5 
75 
61 
94 
55 
77 
V 
14 
50 
13 
19 
9 
00 
37 
93 
31 
76 
VI 
14 
19 
12 
44 
4 
87 
66 
45 
60 
85 
VII 
14 
81 
13 
62 
6 
50 
56 
11 
52 
24 
VIII 
14 
81 
13 
21 
6 
63 
55 
23 
49 
81 
IX 
13 
75 
12 
56 
4 
87 
64 
58 
61 
•22 
X 
15 
06 
13 
31 
4 
12 
72 
64 
69 
04 
XI 
14 
37 
12 
12 
5 
75 
59 
98 
52 
56 
VTT 
13 
31 
12 
56 
5 
19 
61 
00 
58 
67 
XIII 
12 
75 
10 
94 
7 
25 
43 
13 
33 
73 
XIV 
12 
75 
12 
12 
5 
50 
56 
73 
54 
62 
XV 
13 
12 
11 
69 
5 
62 
57 
16 
51 
92 
XVI 
14 
94 
13 
50 
5 
31 
63 
79 
60 
66 
XVII 
13 
94 
13 
00 
6 
12 
56 
09 
52 
92 
XVIII 
14 
62 
13 
00 
6 
44 
55 
95 
50 
46 
XIX 
16 
75 
12 
44 
6 
12 
63 
46 
50 
80 
XX 
14 
06 
11 
75 
6 
56 
53 
34 
44 
17 
XXI 
14 
62 
12 
87 
5 
62 
61 
56 
56 
33 
Average 
14.23 
12 
65 
6.03 
57.62 
52 
33 
