12 BULLETIN 583, U. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
new bolt holes in some places so as to adjust the sections to each 
other. Subsequently, when the lumber dried, many of the parts con- 
tracted, leaving cracks as much as one-fourth inch wide in some places. 
These were drawn up or filled, and in the fall of 1916 the buildings 
were in very satisfactory condition. The whole trouble would have 
been avoided if the sections had been painted inside and out before 
they were sent to the camp site. 
The following is a complete bill of the material and labor entering 
into the construction of the buildings as described, and -the costs 
given are the actual costs of construction : 
Summary of materials and labor and cost of constructing portable buildings for the 
Fulton County Experimental Convict Camp. 
Lumber — Longleaf pine, No. 1 common: 
Sizes. 
Pieces. Inches. Feet. 
25 -. 4 by 18 8 
6 : 3^ by 4^ 18 
11 2 by 8 18 
162 2 by 6 18 
15 2 by 6 16 
9 2 by 6 12 
315 2 by 4 18 
63 2 by 4 16 
42 2 by 4 12 
10 2 by 4 10 
50 '.. 2 by 2 18 
1 2 by 2 12 
69 1 by 12 16 
34 1 by 10 16 
4 1 by 10 12 
30 1 by 10 10 
14 Iby9 18 
305 1 by 6 18 
830 1 by 6 12 
46 1 by 4 18 
4 1 by 4 16 
22 1 by 3 18 
5 1 by 3 12 
165 1 by 2 18 
13| 1 by 2 16 
2 4 by 5 18 
11 . 1 by 1 18 
69 £ by 3 18 
59 i by 2 18 
621 Jby.3J 
TEb 18 
136 | by 3^ 
T Eb 16 
Total cost of lumber $493. 45 
