26 BULLETIN 583, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
frame by means of helical wire springs to support the mattress. 
Upper and lower cots were 64 feet in length and 24 feet in width. 
The lower frame was 18 inches from the floor and the upper one was 
24 feet above the lower. The metal frames were coated with alumi- 
num paint and the wire fabric was galvanized to prevent rusting. 
Each double-deck cot cost $5.03 f. o. b. Atlanta. 
Ticks filled with straw served for mattresses with very satisfactory 
results in point of cleanliness and comfort. It is believed that mat- 
tresses of this kind are more suitable for convict camps than the 
more espensive hair and cotton mattresses. The rest of the sleeping 
equipment consisted of an allowance of one straw-filled pillow tick, 
two pillow slips, four sheets of unbleached muslin, and three or four 
blankets for each convict. 
Mess tables—The mess tables with combined benches were con- 
structed by the county’s carpenters at the Bellwood Barracks 
according to plans supplied by the Office of Public Roads and Rural 
Engineering, and published in Bulletin No. 414 of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. (See detached appendix plate.) Six of 
these tables were constructed for the camp and, in the interest of 
neatness, white oil cloth was provided as a covering. The total cost 
of labor and materials for the tables was $20.15 and for the oil cloth, 
$5.85. A complete list of the furniture and equipment purchased 
from January 10 to July 10 is given in Table 12, which also shows 
the unit cost and estimated depreciation of each antele 
TasLe 12.—List of furniture and equipment purchased from January 10 to July 10, 
1916, Fulton County, Ga., Experimental Convict Camp. 
Depreciation. 
iS pwall lamps at vocentseanch aoe oo eee is os eee eae $0. 72 
6 lanterns at $4 per dozen... a.) 2 ge ee eee alee Gena Pal as .70 
j lanterns at’ $4.50 per dozen. 322272 2222-2: fee ee heee cee s Ieee: 6 eee “7h 
2, sisal glass lamps /at'/20'centsieach. - 3222 25--c22 2 Sees eee ee 15 
20 wall-lamp globes at 75 cents per dozen... ssc Fase set eel ao) ee eee 45 
241antern globes at 50 cents per. dozen... 22.2.2. 5--- 2222222 ee See Pe eee . 50 
p lamp chimneys at.o0 cents, per dozen. | ssa. see ec: ee ee eee eee e21 
17 10-quart galvanized buckets at $3.90 per dozen.....-.--.....---------.-- 4,25 
4 2 bys boob eingle: cots at $6:00 Cxcli= ees sess. ote eee 2 ee 2.00 
23 double-deck cots at) $5.03 each. oe sap eee ee eee 25.15 
6 cotton mattresses ‘at $3.75 each... 5225. Be ee eee eee ee 2.00 
2AD bed sheets at,2/ cents each. a4 ce ee a ee ee ee 9.04 
GiLprllow slipsiat 1/+icents cache aos oo lee ee es eee 2.15 
ZlAiblankets:at 874 Cents each s5 2 sees re ee Ne ene on eee ee eee 80. 72 
50 blankets at 95 cents eachs iver n es. Ws TEs ee ee: 23. 95 
(amillow ticks at 18 cents each soy. seinem tect oles ee rec ae pees 9.65 
50 mattress ticks at 72 cents each......- pte Paneer ner tea nts oat as 5. 04 
1,000 pounds straw for ticks at $11 per ton. ......---..-.-- POOLE OE SSE. : 5. 50 
6 combined mess tables and benches at $3.36 each... .......-----.-------:- 1.95 
3 rolls oil cloth (for tables) at $1.95 each.....152 1.2/4... -s42225-25-2--4- dene: 4.39 
LO armchairs at PUGachy. c-sis cos cere eee ee oie eee ee 2.00 
