Stabling for two horses, with room for buggy, wagon, harness, and hay,
would cost 250 dollars or L50.
A ten-roomed house would cost from 2,500 to 3,500 dollars, according to
finish.
An eight-roomed house would cost from 2,000 to 2,500 dollars.
A six roomed house would cost about 2,000 dollars.
A four-roomed house would cost about 1,200 dollars.
Live poultry cost about 6 dollars per dozen.
Cows, 25 to 50 dollars each. Horses, 75 to 150 dollars each. Sheep, 3 to
4 dollars each.
Cultivators cost from 7 to 15 dollars each. Ploughs and harrows about
the same price. A riding cultivator, 45 to 50 dollars. Pruning shears, 3
dollars.
Day labour costs 1 dollar per day and board; but, in harvest time, 1-1/2
dollar per day and board.
Carpenters, 2-1/2 dollars per day, sometimes with and sometimes without
board.
Fencing costs 500 dollars (i.e., L100) a mile. To fence a 20-acre lot
would cost 350 dollars (i.e., L70); but if the eight forming the
quarter section joined together, it would cost each about 130 dollars
(i.e., L26). The fence would be a 6-inch board at bottom, then 30
inches of wire netting to keep out rabbits, then another 6-inch board
and a barbed wire at top.
