. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 414 Contribudou from Office of Public Roads and Rural Englneertafi LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 15,1916 CONVICT LABOR FOR ROAD WORK By J. E. PENNYBACKER, Chief, Division of R^^^^^cof ml^^^^^^ H. S. FAIRBANK, Highway Engineer, OfficyfP^^^^ Roads and Rural Engineering, and DR. W. F. DRAPER, Passed Assistant Surgeon, United States Public Health Service CONTENTS Page 1 Introduction Systems of Convict Labor ....•• Road Work for
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 414 Contribudou from Office of Public Roads and Rural Englneertafi LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 15,1916 CONVICT LABOR FOR ROAD WORK By J. E. PENNYBACKER, Chief, Division of R^^^^^cof ml^^^^^^ H. S. FAIRBANK, Highway Engineer, OfficyfP^^^^ Roads and Rural Engineering, and DR. W. F. DRAPER, Passed Assistant Surgeon, United States Public Health Service CONTENTS Page 1 Introduction Systems of Convict Labor ....•• Road Work for Convicts ...••• ^ Efficiency and Economy of Convict Labor 17 Management and Operation ^ Records and Cost Accounts . • • » 3* Discipline and Methods of Control. . M Camp Location Water SuppUes . = .»•«'••• Camp Sanitation . • • • • • • * Healtli Conditions and Care of Sick and Injured Quarters and Structures Clothing, Camp Supplies, and Equipment Rations for Convicts at Road Camps . Bibliography Appendix . . « 89 115 127 145 157 191 19S. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OPFICB 1918. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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