168 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 

TABLE 49. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH MEN. 
Nos. I-5 AND 9-I4. 
Kinds, weights and composition of food materials and of undigested 
residues, with percentages of nutrients digested. 











































fe} PERCENTAGE COMPpO- WEIGHTS AND PERCENTAGES 
4 ; SITION. DIGESTED. 
Con ee 
Foop MatTERIALS. e oh ; cmt la feel Mets, Rel aC: ; 
Bila o| apes se d/e2/-5 | 3/83) 98 
5 le Ocoee Be ks eS ao a 
Cees 
Lixperiment No, 1 Gms.|.¢% | 4 % m * Cal. |Gms.|Gmsd mesons Cal. 
Milk, - - - 14143/4311| 3.5) 4.9] 4.7] .842] 564 151] 211| 202) 3630 
Milk, - - - |4144/2868) 3.2) 4.1) 4.6] .767| 341| 91} 119} 131) 2200 
Tota, - -|—|—/]—j]—] — | — | gos) 242] 330] 333] 5830 
Feces, - - - | 573) 118/24.3) 9.0) 44.1/6.003|° OT) 26) (10a ae 
Net am't digested, | — | — | — | — | — | — | 814) 213] 320 281. pe 
of of of Gg, 
fo | fe fo | fh 
Percent. digested, | — |] — | — | — | — — |90.0/88.1/97.0/84.4| a 8 
Experiment No. 2. lGins |Gms [GmelGmaieel 
Milk, - - - 14146/4756) 3.8) 5.5) 4.2] .g15| 641) 181| 262) 198] 4352 
Milk, -  - = - [4147/4741] 4.0) 5.7} 3.9] .953] 643) 190) 269] 184] 4518 
Milk, - - - |4148/3165] 3.5) 4.3] 4.1] .812| 380) 113 137| 130} 2570 
Total, - -|—}]—}omy me] — |1664 484) 668) 512/11440 
Feces, - - - | 574) 20T/21.9/14.9| 38.4/5.732] 151; 44) 30] 77} I2T5 
Net am’t digested, | — | — | — | — | — — |1513| 440) 638 435 9842 
% | % % % % - 
Percent. digested, | — | — | — | — | — | — |g0.9,90.9'95.5|85.0] 89.4 
Experiment No, 3. Gicne Gms./Gms.| Cal. 
Flour (as bread), - | 575 1447|13.3] 1.3] 74.0|3.903/1@82 193) 18/1071} 5648 
Sugar, - - - |2722 201; — | — |100.0/3.987| 201 — | — | 201] 8or 
Total - SU UCAS eek Cai ee Das arte 1483 I193| 18/1272 ie 
; | | 449 
Feces, - - - 585 69/49.5|14.6) 23.6/5.143| 60) 34! 0! 16 355 
Net am’t digested, | — | — | —|— | — | — |1q423 159, 8/1256 5956 
| b |) 6.) 91S a ae 
Percent, digested, | — |— | —] —| — | — 
ercent. diges 95 .9/82.3 45.4/98.7| 92.4 
Lxperiment No, 4. | Gms. Gms.'Gms./Gms.| Cal 
Flour (as bread), - | 575/1500|13.3, 1.3] 74.0|3.903|1329) 200. 1 
’ .0]3. Q|IIIO| 5854 
Milk, - = - |4153'3496) 3.8 5.9] 4.9|1.007/ 510] 133 206] 171 3520 
Milk, - - - |4154/3656 3.6 6.2) 4.3/1.006] 514) 130) 227] 157 3678 
Total - -{|—}|—}|—|]— ei ae 163) 452|143811 2 
; | 3052 
Feces, - - - |2503) 45 24.8 10.6 303) 5232) eyo 5| 16} 238 
Net am’t. digested, |) —4) =) | —|— — |2321| 452) 447|1422 r243t 
| | Z\%\%)%1 ¢ 
Percent. digested, | —! — | — | — | — | — 1|98.6'97.6'98.9 98.9 95.2 

