Show Mater material kil for a farm house M J L D what is the cheapest and best material for building a good plain farm house I 1 could use concrete brick or field stones what would be the cost of such a house 30 by 30 feet with a small ell for kitchen two stories high what is the cost of concrete per square yard the cost of hauling stone sand and ar gravel avel and brick being equal and the freight charges on cement are not too I 1 high concrete would be the cheapest material to use where cement can be gotten direct from the mills coa concrete walls may be built for eleven cents per cubic foot or oven even less in some cases the cost of building a concrete wall may be arrived at by calculating from the following baals one barrel of portland cement will build 35 cubic feet of wall if stones arc are used as fillers llera fi making the con crote crete one part cement to seven parta parts of gravel if natural rock cement cemen is used one barrel will build 27 cubic feet making the concrete one part of cement to five parts of gravel one man will build from 35 to 50 cubic feet of wall in a day according to its thickness and height I 1 have had hud men each of whom could build 58 cubic feet of cellar wall one foot thick in one day but about 40 cubic feet Is considered a fair days work N B 11 |