152 BULLETIN 414, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Using yellow-pine lumber at $30 per M board feet, oilcloth, at 25 
cents per yard, and labor at $2.50 per eight-hour day the cost of 
such a table is approximately as follows : 
Lumber, 78 feet b. m., at $30 per M S2. 34 
Oilcloth, 3 J yards, at 25 cents per yard 88 
Labor, 2 hours, at 31 cents per hour 62 
Total cost of table 3. 84 
MESS UTENSILS. 
The mess utensils commonly furnished to each prisoner are as fol- 
lows: One tin dinner plate, one tin pint cup, one cheap metal spoon, 
and a tin dinner bucket of about 2 quarts capacity. In some camps 
knives and forks also are furnished. In general, the equipment fur- 
nished seems to be entirely suitable, but enameled-ware plates and 
cups are to be preferred to tinware. 
SUMMARY OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
The prices given in the following summary are approximate only, 
and will vary from time to time and from section to section, but it is 
believed that they will give a fairly accurate idea of the relative cost 
of the various articles. All the articles are classified according to the 
grouping suggested under "Records and cost accounts," page 36, 
and the quantity of each article is that suggested for the stock of a 
camp of 40 convicts. 
List of supplies, equipment, etc., for a camp of 40 convicts. 
Clothing. 
12 boots, rubber, knee length per pair. . $2. 40 
12 boots, rubber, hip length do 4. 90 
Buttons, assortment. 
48 caps each . . .50 
96 coats, cotton, stripes or plain color do 85 
96 coats, woolen, stripes or plain color do 1. 50 
96 coats, woolen tweed, stripes or plain color do 2. 90 
96 drawers, fleece-lined cotton do 37§ 
96 drawers, Canton flannel do 50 
48 hats, felt do. . . . 1. 00 
48 hats, broad-brimmed straw do 20 
50 pounds leather, sole , per pound. . . 43 
96 nightshirts, ticking each. . . 50 
12 oil coats do 2. 00 
96 shirts, ticking do 35 
96 shirts, cotton duck do 75 
96 pairs shoes per pair. . 2. 00 
96 pairs socks, cotton do 07 
96 pairs socks, woolen do 15 
48 spools thread per dozen. . . 50 
96 trousers, cotton each. . . 85 
96 trousers, woolen do 1. 25 
