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 23
... determined to make the purchase on the chance . The weight of a cow was to me an utterly unknown quantity , and the floor she was to pass over having once , on a previous occasion , and without any great strain , given way , a carpenter ...
... determined to make the purchase on the chance . The weight of a cow was to me an utterly unknown quantity , and the floor she was to pass over having once , on a previous occasion , and without any great strain , given way , a carpenter ...
Page 25
... determined to make that cow do what she did not want to do , as well as increase their reward by extraordinary violence ; and they would have liked to follow her , and , as they could not make B her go in , make her come out against her.
... determined to make that cow do what she did not want to do , as well as increase their reward by extraordinary violence ; and they would have liked to follow her , and , as they could not make B her go in , make her come out against her.
Page 32
... determine , by a few algebraical eliminations , whether , if a cow's yield falls off more or less , and her feed diminishes in price considerably , there is a loss or profit , and if so , why so , and how much . For my part , I never ...
... determine , by a few algebraical eliminations , whether , if a cow's yield falls off more or less , and her feed diminishes in price considerably , there is a loss or profit , and if so , why so , and how much . For my part , I never ...
Page 38
... determined to make an effort with it . In my younger days I had passed much time in Con- necticut , and had there seen houses of the nicest kind , attractive inside and out , and which were said to cost only a few thousand dollars ...
... determined to make an effort with it . In my younger days I had passed much time in Con- necticut , and had there seen houses of the nicest kind , attractive inside and out , and which were said to cost only a few thousand dollars ...
Page 41
... determined at once , with the heroism of self - control , to abandon my own fancies , and to look and think no farther ; but , having completed my modifications , gave them to a draughtsman , to be expressed in builders ' signs and ...
... determined at once , with the heroism of self - control , to abandon my own fancies , and to look and think no farther ; but , having completed my modifications , gave them to a draughtsman , to be expressed in builders ' signs and ...
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