Show material for a farm house II 11 J I 1 D what Is the cheapest an and d best material for building a good plain farm house I 1 could uw uso concrete brick or held field stones what would be tile the cost of such a house 30 by 30 feet with a small ell for kitchen two t V 0 stories high what ll Is the cost ot of concrete per square yard the cost of hauling stone sand and gravel and brick being equal and the tha freight charges on cement are not too high concrete would be the tha cheapest material to use where cement can be gotten from the mills concrete walls may be built lor for eleven cents per cubic foot or even less in some cases the cost ot of building a concrete wall may be arrived at by calculating iron from the following basis one barrel of portland cement will build 35 cubic feet of wall it if stones are used as fillers making the concrete one part cement to seven parts ot of gravel it if natural rock cement Is used one barrel will build 27 cubic feet making the concrete one part of cement to live parts ot of gravel one man build from 35 to 50 cubic feet ot of wall in a day according to its thickness and height I 1 have had bad men each ot of whom could build 58 cubic feet of 0 cellar wall one foot thick in one day but about 40 cubic feet Is considered a lair fair days work N B H drawing water from house to barn W D tho the water I 1 in a well at the barn has bas become unfit bor use find and I 1 would like to draw water wit er from the well at the house by a wah windmill hlll pump the distance from the to the barn Is feet the house la Is 33 feet deep and usually c contains 1 7 feet of 0 water the ground between the h house and barn Is level what size of pipe should be used 1 in connection with a pump having a 3 inch cylinder could the pumping be done terlly in this instance it la Is doubtful it the pump situated at the barn will raise the water from the well at the house tho the height is twenty six feet and the horizontal distance one hundred and forty five feet these circumstances would tax to the utmost capacity the power of 0 air to raise water I 1 think it would be a safe venture however it if the cylinder of 0 the pump placed about four feet into the ground and there connected with the horizontal pipe to the well at the house in addition the pipe should be largo not less than two inches slid and all the joints should be perfectly tight the addition of above and below the cylinder would make the pump work more satisfactorily especially as aa the water has to be forced from the pump to the taul tank 3 I 1 B R |