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Table 23. — Food issued at experimental camp, January 10 to August 22, 1916. 
Foodstuff. 
Weight. 
Pro- 
teins. 
Fats. 
Carbo- 
hydrates. 
Cost. 
Fresh beef 
Fresh pork 
Salt pork 
Fresh fish 
Salt cod fish.... 
Salt herring 
Salt mackerel. . . 
Flour 
Corn meal 
Macaroni 
Grits 
Rice 
Oatmeal 
Beans 
Peas 
Irish potatoes. .. 
Cabbage 
Turnips 
Onions 
Collards 
Prunes 
Dried fruit 
Condensed milk . 
Sugar 
Cheese 
Molasses 
Lard 
Oleo 
Salt 
Pepper 
Baking powder . 
Vinegar 
String beans 
Coffee 
Pink beans 
Lima beans 
Pounds. 
600 
514 
3,845 
440 
657 
26 
068 
167 
207 
255 
161 
820 
549 
2,814 
868 
35 
294 
352 
87 
832 
103 
390 
271 
1,328 
1,707 
22 
416 
101 
331 
184 
675 
163 
130 
100 
Pounds. 
285 
36 
10 
135 
4 
995 
291 
39 
17 
20 
26 
184 
135 
51 
12 
4 
5 
5 
2 
13 
10 
Pounds. 
59 
124 
2,537 
Pounds. 
58 
5 
134 
SO 
5,237 
2,385 
214 
169 
201 
108 
487 
340 
414 
41 
3 
29 
10 
64 
550 
11 
390 
10 
733 
1,707 
22 
$51. 95 
52.85 
502. 25 
14.37 
6.30 
22.83 
2.44 
163.52 
59.31 
17.54 
4.28 
11.51 
11.89 
57.66 
15.10 
63.54 
17.40 
.70 
6.46 
3.52 
6.61 
49.98 
11.80 
27.03 
50.37 
51.86 
175. 89 
4.29 
2.51 
2.01 
29.29 
3.92 
13.50 
17.47 
10.40 
7.00 
Total . 
2,583 
4,880 
11,803 
1, 549. 35 
Convict days, 8,862. 
Calories per day, 51,178. 
Cost per 1,000 calories, $0,033. 
Cost per calendar day, $0,175. 
The food was purchased by the county purchasing agent upon 
requisition made by the deputy warden and approved by the county 
warden. Perishable articles were purchased as used, but staples 
were kept on hand at all times. All food was inspected upon receipt 
at the camp to ascertain that it complied in quality and quantity with 
that ordered. In only a few instances were any discrepancies noticed 
and these were corrected at once. 
A system of weighing and checking all food used was inaugurated 
and maintained, and this practice, coupled with the selection of the 
most efficient foods, is responsible for the low cost of subsistence. 
The average cost of food furnished to convicts during the first six 
months, as shown by the detailed monthly report, was $0,175 per 
convict per calendar day. As an indication of the manner in which 
this food compared in cost and quality with that supplied by the 
county to the other county camps, Table 24 shows the character, 
amount, and cost of the rations furnished at the experimental camp 
from August 1 to August 22, inclusive, and the similar information 
regarding that served at the Lakewood fair grounds from August 23 
