_Using 1-to-3 Lime Mortar_
1,000 bricks $8.00
2 bushels of lime, at 25 cents per bushel .50
½ cubic yard of sand, at $1.50 per cubic yard .75
Bricklayer, 8 hours, at 55 cents per hour 4.40
Laborer, 8 hours, at 25 cents per hour 2.00
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Total $15.65
_Using 1-to-3 Portland-Cement Mortar_
1,000 bricks $8.00
1 barrel of Portland cement 2.00
½ cubic yard of sand .75
Bricklayer, 8 hours, at 55 cents per hour 4.40
Laborer, 8 hours, at 25 cents per hour 2.00
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Total $17.15
_Using 1-to-4 Lime-and-Cement Mortar_
1,000 bricks $8.00
¾ bushel of lime, at 25 cents per bushel .19
½ cubic yard of sand .75
⅔ barrel of cement, at $2 per barrel 1.34
Bricklayer, 8 hours, at 55 cents per hour 4.40
Laborer, 8 hours, at 25 cents per hour 2.00
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Total $16.68