28 BULLETIN 583, T". S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Depreciation. 
2 bread pans (12 by 24 inch, sheet iron) at $1.50 each $1. 25 
2 bread pans (24 by 24 inch., sheet iron) at $1.75 each 20 
4 cooking spoons at 20 cents each 45 
1 ladle at 35 cents 12 
2 cooking forks at 10 cents each 18 
2 iron frying pans. 12 inches in diameter, at 35 cents each 15 
1 iron frying pan. 10 inches in diameter, at 25 cents 07 
1 enamel stew pan (1 gallon) at $1.25 1. 20 
1 kitchen range (second hand. $25) ■ 1. 00 
4 dish pans. 18 inches diameter, at $1.50 each 51 
10 enamel dish pans at 70 cents each 32 
38 cans potash at oh cents each 2. 09 
102 bars brown soap at 2f cents per bar 1. 48 
1 one-half bushel measure at 30 cents 30 
1 pint measure at 25 cents 
1 quart measure at 25 cents 
1 one-half gallon measure at 40 cents 
6 galvanized buckets at 43f cents each 2.11 
1 meat grinder 
1 meat saw 
Total depreciation in 6 months -. 21. 99 
The cost of this item for each of the 7,174 convict calendar days of 
the first 6 months of operation was therefore SO. 0030. 
FUEL AND LIGHT. 
The camp was heated by means of five wood stoves, there being 
two in the sleeping quarters, two in the mess room, and one in the 
office building. The fuel for these stoves was the wood cut from the 
right of way. and as it was cut and prepared by the convicts it does 
not enter as an item into the cost of maintenance. The amount used 
during the first 6 months was approximately SO cords. 
Light was tarnished by kerosene lamps, which were filled and 
cleaned daily by a member of the camp force. During the first 6 
months of operation 470J gallons of kerosene were used, which, at the 
price of 11 J cents per gallon, amounted to $54.10. 
Table 14 gives the complete costs of fuel and fight chargeable to the 
maintenance of convicts and also the cost per man per calendar day. 
Table 14. — Costs of fuel and light from January 10 to July 10, 1916, Fulton County, 
Ga., Experimental Convict Camp. 
470.5 gallons kerosene, at 11| cents per gallon $54. 10 
6 searchlights, at $1,535 per light . 9. 21 
9 dozen boxes matches .80 
Total cost from Jan. 10 to July 10 64. 11 
Total number of convict calendar days from Jan. 10 to July 10 7, 174 
Cost per convict per calendar day $0. 0089 
