36 
BULLETIN 583, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE 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to September 30, when the convicts were withdrawn from Govern- 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. 
Item. 
Quan- 
tity 
used. 
Salt pork pounds. 
String beans do. . . 
Salt herring do... 
Flour do... 
Meal.. 
Macaroni do... 
Navy beans do. . . 
Peas do... 
Rice do... 
Potatoes do. . . 
Lima beans do . . . 
Grits do... 
Pink beans do . . . 
Oatmeal packages . 
Condensed milk cans. 
Sugar pounds. 
Cheese do... 
Coffee do... 
Molasses gallons. 
Dried fruit pounds. 
Lard do... 
B aking powder cans . 
S alt p ounds . 
Pepper do... 
Vinegar gallons. 
84 
610 
270 
32 
67 
50 
20 
195 
40 
20 
40 
15 
12 
34 
31 
18 
14 
7, 
196 
36 
40 
2 
2 
Unit 
.145 
.02 
.036 
.025 
.02 
. 0575 
.0725 
.0275 
.045 
.02 
.07 
.02 
.08 
.0775 
.075 
.OS 
.17 
.11 
.32 
.07 
.11 
.065 
.006 
.19 
.19 
Cost. 
55S.25 
1.50 
3.02 
15.25 
5.40 
1.84 
LS6 
1.38 
.90 
3.90 
2. SO 
.40 
3.20 
1.16 
.90 
2.72 
5.27 
1.98 
4.4S 
5.39 
21.56 
2.34 
.24 
.38 
.38 
Total cost '< 149.50 
Under county supervision. 
Item. 
Quan- 
tity 
used. 
Total calories 
Total number convict days. 
Cost of food per convict day. 
Cost per 1,000 calories 
Salt pork pounds. . 1, 261 . 145 
Green beans do 90 .02 
Salt herring do.... 216 
Flour do.... 340 .025 
Meal do.... 1.176 .02 
Peas do.... 170 .0275 
Green corn do 1S2 .20 
Sweet potatoes do 254 .02 
Lima beans do 260 .07 
Unit 
cost. 
Sugar. 
.do. 
Coffee do.... 
Molasses gallons. . 
Dried fruit pounds. . 
Lard do.... 
Baking powder cans . . 
Salt pounds.. 
Pepper do 
Vinegar gallons . - 
Total cost 
US 
.11 
12.98 
in 
.32 
3.68 
63 
.07 
4.41 
114 
.11 
12.54 
78 
.065 
5.07 
73 
.006 
.44 
1 
.19 
.19 
1 
.19 
.19 
Cost. 
S1S2. 85 
1.80 
8.50 
23.52 
4.68 
36.40 
5.08 
IS. 20 
4.56 
?o2.S7 
4. 42.5, 130 Total calories 
' S64 Total number convict days. 
-SO. 1731 Cost of food per convict da v. 
.034 j Cost per 1,000 calories 
.503,680 
1.260 
-SO. 2642 
.043 
MEDICINE AND MEDICAL ATTENTION. 
The county employs a regular physician to care for the health of 
the inmates of the countv chain gangs and other institutions, and 
the experimental camp was included among the institutions under 
his care. His salary was 82,400 per year and in addition he was 
