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... CHAPTER I. A COW . Special Points about the Bovine Race . - Directions in Feeding.— Preparations to receive the Animal . - Her Arrival . - An awful Pause . The Fray about to begin . — Intelligence of Cows and Bid- dies.- Victory . - A ...
... CHAPTER I. A COW . Special Points about the Bovine Race . - Directions in Feeding.— Preparations to receive the Animal . - Her Arrival . - An awful Pause . The Fray about to begin . — Intelligence of Cows and Bid- dies.- Victory . - A ...
Page vi
... CHAPTER IV . THE COUNTRY , AND HOW TO GET THERE . Easy Accessibility of Flushing . - An improving Railroad . — Educa- tion by Steam . - True Principles of Travel ........ 77 • CHAPTER V. A WELL . A Well , considered classically and ...
... CHAPTER IV . THE COUNTRY , AND HOW TO GET THERE . Easy Accessibility of Flushing . - An improving Railroad . — Educa- tion by Steam . - True Principles of Travel ........ 77 • CHAPTER V. A WELL . A Well , considered classically and ...
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... CHAPTER XII . THE SECOND YEAR . 161 A new Start , with no Drawbacks . - Immense Results , but not pre- cisely what was wanted . - The great Pea turns out small . - Won- derful obstinacy of Plants . 169 CHAPTER XIII . SCIENCE . Knowledge ...
... CHAPTER XII . THE SECOND YEAR . 161 A new Start , with no Drawbacks . - Immense Results , but not pre- cisely what was wanted . - The great Pea turns out small . - Won- derful obstinacy of Plants . 169 CHAPTER XIII . SCIENCE . Knowledge ...
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... CHAPTER XIX . A GREAT RUNNER . - A perfect Jonah . - Very fine , only don't do it again . A Gourd tuns away with its Master . - A changeable Crimson . - A new Specimen of Flax , Red one Year and Yellow the next ......... 266 CHAPTER XX ...
... CHAPTER XIX . A GREAT RUNNER . - A perfect Jonah . - Very fine , only don't do it again . A Gourd tuns away with its Master . - A changeable Crimson . - A new Specimen of Flax , Red one Year and Yellow the next ......... 266 CHAPTER XX ...
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... about that this work was written ; and if it is occa- sionally defective in style and irregular in plan , it is probably not more so than was my farming . DIS FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH . CHAPTER I. A COW INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... about that this work was written ; and if it is occa- sionally defective in style and irregular in plan , it is probably not more so than was my farming . DIS FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH . CHAPTER I. A COW INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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