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 . <mm^ Fig. 17.—Types of retaining walls for embankments. especially if it exceeds 4 feet in depth, will be greater,owing to cramped working quarters. COST OF EXCAVATING PER CUBIC YARD Earth that is loose enough to
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 . <mm^ Fig. 17.—Types of retaining walls for embankments. especially if it exceeds 4 feet in depth, will be greater,owing to cramped working quarters. COST OF EXCAVATING PER CUBIC YARD Earth that is loose enough to be shoveled without theuse of a pick, and which can be thrown clear of theexcavation by a single operation, may be removedfor about 16 cents per yard. Sounds cheap, you willsay. Think a moment. That price is based on a wage MATERIALS REQUIRED 49 of 20 cents an hour. A good laborer will dig a yardin forty-five minutes, and still have time to mop hisbrow, light a pipe, hitch up his trousers at regularintervals, and pause for a drink. With the aid of a plow and horse scraper, and by dig-ging and simply dumping the earth a short haul fromthe excavation, the work can be done for about 12cents per yard. If the material is loaded into cartsit will cost about 30 cents per yard. Very heavyclay or hard soil will cost from 50 cents to $ ayard to remove. Rock will cost from $
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