Identifier: farmerhisownbuil00robe (find matches)
Title: The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required. With special reference to concrete and carpentry
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Roberts, H. Armstrong (Howard Armstrong), 1885-1947
Subjects: Farm buildings
Publisher: Philadelphia : D. McKay
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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RED On page 202 is a list of the materials required forthe disposal plant for eight persons described in thischapter, together with an approximate estimate of theircost. No labor charges have been considered for ex-cavating and laying sewer and tile pipe; for the greaterpart of this work may be done by plowing, or wdth farmhelp. Where a farmer is able to do his own carpenteringwork on the forms, and there is old lumber available,the above estimate may be cut down appreciably. In 202 THE FARMER HIS OWN BUILDER many cases sand or pebbles will be found on the prem-ises, which will greatly reduce the cost of the concrete. Excavation for tanks, 16 cu. yds. @ 30c $ 4.80 Concrete for tanks, 7 cu. yds. @ $6.00, including all labor and material 42.00 Forms for concrete, including carpenters wages and new lumber 40.00 Iron work—valve handles, reinforcements, etc 2.50 Terra-cotta sewer pipe and connections 22.50 500 ft. porous tile, @ 4c 20.00 Freight and hauling material to site 40.00 $171.80
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CHAPTER XI Concrete Fence Posts Fencing is always an important factor on the farmor country place where live-stock abounds, and thetype or style should be given careful consideration withregard to the initial cost of erection, efficiency, dura-bility, and appearance. Our forefathers solved theproblem with split rails and stone walls, and both werepicturesque and economical in their generation. Whatfew remain are still picturesque and quaint, but theywould not be economical to replace. A hundred years ago, when timber was plentiful andvast areas were wooded and had to be cleared for farm-ing purposes, it was comparatively cheap to split treesinto rails and convert them into fences. In a similarfashion, when a farm had to be cleared of stones andboulders, it was much easier to drag them to the bound-aries and there lay them up in a wall, than to disposeof them elsewhere. Today, however, timber is nolonger plentiful nor cheap; rail fences have weatheredinto oblivious decay, the stone wal

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