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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... five acres of such lots - the five acres that this book is all about . I owned this superior investment when " Ten Acres Enough " led me to thinking that if the author could make such a delicious thing of a plot of sand in New Jersey ...
... five acres of such lots - the five acres that this book is all about . I owned this superior investment when " Ten Acres Enough " led me to thinking that if the author could make such a delicious thing of a plot of sand in New Jersey ...
Page xvii
... five acres so remarkably improving , productive , and remunera- tive , I purchased one of twenty - five , afterwards another of a hundred and twenty , and now I own , have , hold , possess , till , and enjoy three hundred and fifty ...
... five acres so remarkably improving , productive , and remunera- tive , I purchased one of twenty - five , afterwards another of a hundred and twenty , and now I own , have , hold , possess , till , and enjoy three hundred and fifty ...
Page xviii
... rural occupations when they are intelligently conducted by a citizen of liberal education , scientific attainments , and vigorous back . THE AUTHOR . May , 1885 , I FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH . IT CHAPTER I. A COW xviii INTRODUCTION . CHAPTER.
... rural occupations when they are intelligently conducted by a citizen of liberal education , scientific attainments , and vigorous back . THE AUTHOR . May , 1885 , I FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH . IT CHAPTER I. A COW xviii INTRODUCTION . CHAPTER.
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... FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH . IT CHAPTER I. A COW . T was early in winter when I made up my mind finally to erect a country house on the Flushing five acres . Plans , and size , and arrangements were in the vague and misty future ; for months ...
... FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH . IT CHAPTER I. A COW . T was early in winter when I made up my mind finally to erect a country house on the Flushing five acres . Plans , and size , and arrangements were in the vague and misty future ; for months ...
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... was mag- ical ; the creature's countenance changed instantly ; turnips evidently had been scarce with her , or her owner , not thinking it worth while to waste food that would not be paid for , had left her 24 FIVE ACRES TOO MUон .
... was mag- ical ; the creature's countenance changed instantly ; turnips evidently had been scarce with her , or her owner , not thinking it worth while to waste food that would not be paid for , had left her 24 FIVE ACRES TOO MUон .
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