16 BULLETIN 583, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Some damage and loss is inevitable in moving buildings of any 
sort a distance of 3f miles. That resulting from the transfer of these 
buildings was very slight. The total damage consisted of one broken 
tie rod, one broken rafter, one broken collar beam, and four broken 
window lights. The loss amounted to 190 board feet of lumber, 6 
gallons of roofing cement, 12 squares of 2-ply ready roofing, and 10 
pounds of roofing nails, the last three items resulting from the neces- 
sary reconstruction of the roofing laps. The tie rod, rafter, and col- 
lar beam were repaired at the camp, and the cost is included in the 
labor cost. The other items are added to the labor cost in Table 1, 
which shows that the total expense of moving the four buildings was 
$191.70. 
Table 1.— Cost of moving portable buildings at the Fulton County, Ga., Experimental 
Convict Camp. 
Setting foundation posts: 
2 carpenter days, at $2.26 $4. 52 
13 convict days, at 77 cents 10. 01 
$14. 53 
Razing buildings: 
2i foreman days, at $1.90 4. 75 
2 foreman days, at $2.90 5. 80 
36^ convict days, at 77 cents 28. 10 
38.65 
Loading and hauling buildings: 
17£ convict days, at 77 cents 13. 48 
14J team days, at $1.91 27. 70 
41.18 
Erecting buildings: 
2 foreman days, at $1.90 3. 80 
1 foreman day at $2.90 2. 90 
7 carpenter days, at $2.50 17. 50 
57 convict days, at 77 cents 43. 89 
68.09 
Damage and loss: 
Replacing 4 window lights 1. 00 
190 feet b. m. lumber, at $20 per M 3. 80 
6 gallons roofing cement, at 65 cents 3. 90 
12 squares ready roofing, at $1.55 18. 60 
10 pounds roofing nails, at 6 cents .60 
27.90 
Total cost of moving buildings 190. 35 
OTHER COSTS OF MOVING CAMP. 
The cost of $190.35, given above, represents the expense of moving 
the portable buildings only. The complete costs of moving the en- 
tire camp a distance of 3f miles, including 1 mile over a bad road, 
are given in Table 2. 
