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PUBLIiSISED MOXTIILY, 



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Baillincho (Kj Baker, 

 Joiinml E:iil.:lii;?s. - - Spriiigfichl, Illinois. 



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S. FRANCIS, Editor. 



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rrnAis of subscutptionv 



One cojiy. ono year, in .tclVHnce ;il 00 



rive co|iieP. ' •' ... ii v.'j 



Ten " Aiul on" t.) thi^ person gett'ng; uj) club 7 50 



Piiicin copi."3 .-..I.] (.v.r . F-:hr. cents each. ai"l .ine to jHTSon 

 gfittiiii; iij. cliUi. 



CASH r.VTES <.F A')VT.KII«IXO : 



Ouo Ocliar per g'luarc often lires. eacli insKrtion. 



Concrete Buildings. 



Tliere are ftiany localities in this Stiite 

 v.'liere concrot;e ))uild!n^s can conveniently 

 h: erccto'3, — A^ the Heees.-.ory jiiaterials beina: 

 i:e .r ut ii ■i.l. It is oli^ini^d for dwelling-s 

 mjulo of coiicr:^:, ],; t w.ey lov, «n1:;:tantinl. 

 ^varm in nintei- and :■)'.! iu ^^aiiinicr. heoltli- 

 fiil. and -nur/h Jif-!jior tiiaa Jio:-e of tidier 

 wood or brick. AVo rind an urticlo ia i-fl-i-- 

 f^nee to concrpfo dwcdilnus ia tlift \Vi.-;eou=iin 

 Fa ■n>c,\ \Vu\Q:i\\-(- belvove, fivM the atien- 

 iloii \.-c ]n!ve bt'pp i'.ble to d':vote to the sub 

 .l"ct vi'iT iVv]\- cm; ijmres the cost ::nd vnluc; 

 of.^uca dwellin-.'S wihi others mad.'.' 'if brick 

 ai.d ,{Oj'J : 



fr.".Tn ; 1? ^''i'-cnri-h' Vavn. r. 



Ti:.;: cc>>;i-Ai'/.ri''-;. com /'T. vat,; k oj- 



"VV e now piveeed '^^ fnM!|iart^ th.* vi'-iou^; 

 niateriai' fur I'-e Aval'^ v^f farin b. uldit;,.;;; riid 

 in doinj/' so, -wil] adii].*. oui- (jwn fanr incaliiy 

 'nith its circu'iistaiK-e.-: iSi'd j Tiff s :.^ ;i o;:S!« 

 o^'c-dca^ition, lea/mr i*^ i\,i- (,l':cr.s ,'o 'u'o<l.iiv 

 fir cha-.n^e tJioir c^fmi-te . and :'t,-;iil?s a^c: rd- 

 int^- lo iMjy dIffureiKc i-t circilinsia.ices that 

 luay suiToiind uioiu in tho.r own re.'pec'ive 



ber market within four miles; all of which 

 circumst-anees asruvc the variou> materials, at ., 

 least at medium fair price?. 



For the purposes of our ill astratiou then, i 

 let us assume to croct the walls of a house 20 = 

 bj 36 feet square, being about a tair size Ibrj 

 the main part of a common farm houiKe, and ! 

 20 fi^ei l)igh above the basement wall, whii-h \ 

 admits of iwa nine feet stories in the (dcur, ; 

 which will also do verj^ well for a country ! 

 farm house. ' 



In prcsentinji: iheaccompan^dn^xestlmatt's, I 

 of prices of materials and work, we have 

 aimed to get them as neatly correct Ju- possi- 

 ble, bv conferrinir with those v,ho are con- 

 stantly building, with the tlivee first men- 1 

 tioncd kinds of materials, as well as e^icrcis- 1 

 ing our own tolerably oxpeaenced juda-ment '; 

 uptm the matter. And in this connection t 

 we wouid say. that we have budt, several of i 

 each, of the different kinds oi" buildings ofi 

 which we are talking, audin several diffen nt i 

 localitie.sj hence it is not mere guess work I 

 with us. And in this Compaiison. we wisk ■ 

 it fully understood, that we ; re ociv aiuiir'Li- ' 

 to i<iw\\- the comparative co.^i. of nierelv t':e 

 outside w:dls of a house, bidlta-; \: sbuuld b -, 

 of thcoe diij'erent kind* Gi'matevi^ii-: all ..t'.^^i' 

 pans' of tlic house are .suppo-j-d f.. oo:t t^ e 

 same, of whichever matcTial huiir. Our -i^- , 

 ures on the matter arc as :K>llovs : 



Cost of the outside walls o''a bui'ldii.g .' '• 

 by 8<) feet square and JO f .u high. 



BRICK WA'-LS C Tni: 8.iMK FL..E. ' t 



5'i,<X.'n brick at kiip §5ptTHl , 



Drawing Ji .'lO \ifil<\ 



Sl.WTi'.s r.riceiV'r fuinis:.iuz> vt.'i"Mi.iri5.uj 



per 'f 



l''lf-t>f >;ttu(;i,i(.3 and il!s -or lio^-'a: ti v' 



per fonL..... _, 



I'lif^rZ w:it.-.r • .bio ;it I'^c ,!^i fo^t... ; 



irL-id t;»^'}er? nnr.y.-^rs. far '^e. &<■...... .... 



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up :-^ - 

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localities. Furtber, in esri.nating 

 'uaterials or labor, we sliall aim to1)c govern- 

 ed by customary rates, instead of any extreme 

 of high or low m-ie.'s. .Let us further pre- 

 mise, th:.t T^M> h^ve good conm.on quariy 

 stone., sand a.»l uvar.d. :d! n:,,jn our own pre- 



nd-c.-; ^.)..d lime bun/t within a mile; brick 

 W'thin two ana a half mile.s. and a pine luiu- 



^voQU Er■^,.IiI^V'• 

 5.1^0 (cet .irini.'.'ii; ir :>nd .";teciti;;f'l:>ar(U 

 4,0; ') feet fiiuihii : unn eiicWsJTj!,, Irru'. r. j 



i .- ai iX,.,.':^. .........!: 



F? *ra ■"■.rrciitcr an'! jiia r •nor!'. : i .vc >d 



!-'"Ct:ii.,:\il.', .te. 



Kxtrn ] fiii..lini; .- ri r .. aick or^uue 



T.tivl .... r'.f. 



A balloon frame wouM cr.>t m ;.: SDU i> 

 875 less ui ptice. 



GRAVKL OR COXCRETK nLIf.DI.XG. i 



Gravelaud stone forwal! to be drawn fr-n; '• 

 the nearest point (we hnd plenry of gravel, n 

 digging a ceriar on our preinises. ibr tiio wail 

 of building-.) th.^refort only costing ciii^ oiti- 

 ging and wheeiiug. For sucb .i buiidinL' .,.; 

 the one in question, it i.-- ab*aTt suth.deni 

 work for a team and man. to dig and dr^iw the 



gravel, stone afd water, for a course of one 

 foot per day, upon a gravel wall, aud the labor 

 of two common hands will mix and put it up, 

 with the aid of the boss carpenter, to assist in 

 raising and adjusting the curbing plank, a 

 good mechanic being necessary for this pur- 

 pose in order to keep them true, and also in 

 order to place the door and window frames, 

 timbers, furring, blocks, kc. A good carpen- 

 ter F.ntl joiner can just about keep the requi- 

 site wood work aV^ng with the walls as they 

 procuress, with such a force as we have men- 

 tioned, bt sides rendering the aforesaid requi- 

 site .issistanee to tlie common laborers, mix- 

 ing aud putting up the gravel walls. Thus 

 rl,e ex^^ense of such a wall, is arrived at as 

 loll-^ws: 



0nc-l;a!f tbe tim'. of a brwp hand, who by the ■Ray should 

 Im- a gooj .imi capable man. at the whole job, say »t 



the rale or$2peruay .'. ^ '..., .$1 00 



Tv7n f-ooil .joniujou ialiorera at $1 per Uay ........ 2 «iO 



VeamauddriVM pi-r day Ju..... 2 itO 



Makiup tbe ontlay per day for help 45 iO 



Wii'.'U ttt a conr^pper di-j ot one foot, will require twen- 

 ty- .L'lvfifo pnr up the walls but atlfi four additional 

 d y*. Itr p^fttinp rt-,MJy. niucipc fimb^ iind otbew 

 »".'-.i>iv^.niii' th« time becomes twentj--fou|'ri«yB. vh'ch 



ati^i !A> iLfTomy. !iDionntstp....« .^..wmm.,..., 41^- 



.\do .'•.r }.'ii)Ii'M!u'i«nmeat 20c....;...... .....^._»<...„.... 30 



Vo: s»t, je « !n':«i',i- «ud dojT sfJls, an 60 feet, at 40c.i».M:.. 20 

 Ca!>s.-ir. ; wH..<jrtH'il.' o'naiitted. ^ 



F'Mriri-;. •...ndtiuilHTR. tics, anchors. Ic „ 15 



Hard flui: !:i!!2,iiud '■.locking of the outt-ide in imitation 



of St. ce. iiic'a''i!;KRilinai.:ri:i>i- , 75 



T.^Uh bs" >f lumber K-r-crrbing, c.iils. &c....... „.... 10 



!,"seof to'.-i"!..... .^ 3 



tVi.ele rost of Will's ^... „ $2?5 



T]i«y being completed to the same point, 

 both outside snd in, for ue.s, as the stone, 

 brick or wood. 



Unt to put up one of these gravel walls, 

 snbstautiullv and cheaply, is just as n.uch of 

 ;i trade, and requires nearly as ifiucn skill,aR 

 to put up stone, brick or w.)od/ Hence the 

 >hron," tin*. Lia. bueiiordinrmly promulgated, 

 '■■■^,, Jiier:' fancy ^.liers, on tuc subject, thai 

 ■nj 'ofly, ''V% .1 ctnVtnen farmers; and h.borer'', 

 c''"dd bi"i!d ,; ''gravel lioi; c," is t-t leas'- a 

 vcvy orro' enu 0;.c. r .3.} as we ba\e hvHjTti 

 ^atfe^l, hj>.-J.^i:.ri: ,■ iLmsaud fe^intdenT:,r r,^. 

 tempit^ii^, :cdi h..T'^- residt'xl ^n ftomrcit mb- 

 tr0^-\)ii\ *ii p. .-.aic of t!io kii-d, i*s to raise a 

 gfcdera' tud iiio.<t ovonvhclmlng prejudice 

 against the whcle sy.^tem. vSuppose a con; 

 ■. lou faruu 'T or iaboier should undertake to 

 put up a -t^ne or br'ck house, what kind of 

 a kok^ni' je^ would h-^ probably make, or 

 liow mud bcttoi would it stand than his 

 gravel Wi^.i" ^«u!. any better of course. No 

 bungiev.s nor ignoramuses;, have any business 

 wifh putting L-p gri.\c) w.iljs. without a me- 

 Lli.mic to * »S!- tIji '11, whi. know- hov^ t( pre- 

 serve a ^t•;nigi)♦ 0: porpenuleular line, and 

 geue-ully to put materials together as tiiCy 



