Five Acres Too Much: A Truthful Elucidation of the Attractions of the Country, and a Careful Consideration of the Question of Profit and Loss as Involved in Amateur Farming, with Much Valuable Advice and Instruction to Those about Purchasing Large Or Small Places in the Rural Districts |
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Page 20
... Weeville , who had been there several years , and who had acquired great knowledge of the intricacies of rural performances , and , among other things , was learned in cows . In fact , he was learned in most farming matters , and ...
... Weeville , who had been there several years , and who had acquired great knowledge of the intricacies of rural performances , and , among other things , was learned in cows . In fact , he was learned in most farming matters , and ...
Page 26
... Weeville had given me specific direc- tions in writing how to feed that cow ; exactly how much bran - of which , after some trouble , and a vain attempt to buy a few pounds of it , I had obtained a bag - was to be mixed with a certain ...
... Weeville had given me specific direc- tions in writing how to feed that cow ; exactly how much bran - of which , after some trouble , and a vain attempt to buy a few pounds of it , I had obtained a bag - was to be mixed with a certain ...
Page 34
... Wee- ville . He had hardly turned the corner before a butcher rushed out and announced that he wanted to buy that cow . Patrick indignantly refused , true to the aristocratic Irish idea that the employer is always above disposing of any ...
... Wee- ville . He had hardly turned the corner before a butcher rushed out and announced that he wanted to buy that cow . Patrick indignantly refused , true to the aristocratic Irish idea that the employer is always above disposing of any ...
Page 56
... Weeville for information , and in- quired whether murders were a common event in that neighborhood . His manner in reply was very encouraging . He had lived in Flushing nine years , and this was the first case of the kind . It was the ...
... Weeville for information , and in- quired whether murders were a common event in that neighborhood . His manner in reply was very encouraging . He had lived in Flushing nine years , and this was the first case of the kind . It was the ...
Page 77
... Weeville , in the com- mencement of our enterprise , with his usual enthusi- astic manner , " that you will appreciate the access to Flushing is most convenient ; there are twelve trains each way daily , and they run with perfect ...
... Weeville , in the com- mencement of our enterprise , with his usual enthusi- astic manner , " that you will appreciate the access to Flushing is most convenient ; there are twelve trains each way daily , and they run with perfect ...
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