36 BULLETIN 583, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
to September 30, when the convicts were withdrawn from Govern- 
ment supervision. The rations listed in the second section of the 
table represent very closely the method of feeding followed by the 
county in its other camps. By comparing the two rations it is 
evident that while the calorific value of the ration served by the 
county was only about one-sixth greater than that supplied in the 
Government camp, the cost of the former for each 1,000 calories con- 
tained in the food was about 30 per cent greater than the latter. 
That the excess food value furnished by the county ration was un- 
necessary is shown by the fact that the convicts at the experimental 
camp, when questioned, invariably expressed themselves as fully 
satisfied with the character and amount of food supplied to them, 
and the greater efficiency of the foods comprising the diet of the 
experimental camp is evidenced by the lower cost per 1,000 calories. 
TaBLE 24.—Comparison of cost of convict ration from August 1 to 22, 1916, inclusive, 
under Government supervision, and from August 23 to September 30, inclusive, under 
county supervision. 
Under Government supervision. Under county supervision. 
Quan: | Unit Quan- | Unit 
Item. tity Cos Cost. Item. tity cost Cost. 
used. | © used. 
Salt pork........ pounds. . 409 | .145 | $58.25 || Salt pork.....-. pounds..| 1,261 | .145 | $182.85 
String beans........ do..-. 75 | .02 1.50 || Green beans......- do...- 90 02 1.80 
Salt herring........- doves 84] .036 3.02 || Salt herring........do....| 216 . 036 7.78 
OUr Se ees ee do. --. 610 | .025 52253 || ROGUES se se aeee ener do....| 340 . 025 8.50 
Mealiein® Bree ose aee doses 270 | .02 5.40 || Meal.... 2.3.20... do..-.| 1,176 02 23.52 
Macaroni. -......-.- do...- 382 | .0575 1.84 
Navy beans....-.-- dower 67 | .0725 4.86 
Peas = 50 0275 13383) Peas: .o-284-6 tee do...-| 170 0275 4.68 
Rice isle 20 | .045 -90 || Green corn. -...-...- do....| 182 . 20 36. 40 
Potatoes oes 195 | .02 3.90 || Sweet potatoes....do....| 254 - 02 5.08 
Lima beans Bee dOsaee 40 | .07 2.80 || Lima beans.....--- do..-.| 260 -07 18. 20 
Grits teat 20 | .02 40 
Pink beans 38 40 | .08 3.20 
Oatmeal........ packages a 15 | .0775 1.16 
Condensed milk. ...cans.- 12 | ..075 -90 
WPAN ce cee ee pounds 34 08 FTP) ||| UR sean ose Gas do 57 08 4.56 
@heeserasee- ese do. 31 17 5.27 
COE eee eee dota 18} .11 1985 || Coneesereceeeeci =e dose. |ea18 met 12.98 
Molasses. .....-.- gallons... 14} .32 4.48 || Molasses. ......- gallons. 114 | .32 3.68 
Dried fruit......- --pounds.- To 307 5.39 || Dried fruit... ... pounds. - 63 07 4.41 
Warde ass sneer dossce 196 | .11 21 56) ||| ards ys. seas) es do....| 114 ll 12.54 
Baking powder. .-.- cans... 36 | .065 2.34 || Baking powder-..-.cans.. 78 . 065 5.07 
Salts aaa pounds 40 006 «24, || Salty 22859. 2 pounds 73 . 006 44 
Pepper. as sess Gores 2] .19 sats ||| LEP Se aaeonc=5 dozea: 1 19 -19 
Vinegar -e-.ge5s- gallons. . 2 | 75.19 .38 || Vinegar. ..2-.--- gallons. - 1 19 -19 
Total costes sive-. «|\ccebesss|eek o See 149.50 Totalcost.g-2.23452|-. Des | aLee 332. 87 
Total calories). 3-tiacseiee seocee eee eee 44255130) ||) Total calories. <=. 0... 3---n- + ose eee Lis 8s 680 
Total number convict days........-..--. 864 || Total number convict days.....-:..-..-- 260 
Cost of food per convict day............. $0.1731 || Cost of food per convict day..-...----.--- 30. 2642 
Cost per 1,000 calories..........---..-.-.- .034 || Cost per 1,000 SLIDES. aC E Se SERRE Cee . 043 
MEDICINE AND MEDICAL ATTENTION. 
The county employs a regular physician to care for the health of 
the inmates of the county chain gangs and other institutions, and 
the experimental camp was included among the institutions under 
his care. His salary was $2,400 per year and in addition he was 
