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 Thse about Purchasing Large Or Small Places in the Rural Districts |
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... THEY GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY DESCRIBE ; IN THE SINCERE HOPE THAT THEY WILL NEVER WEARY OF COMPOSING BOOKS EQUALLY TRUTHFUL , TRUSTWORTHY , AND INTERESTING . THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Apotheosis of the Country , ...
... THEY GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY DESCRIBE ; IN THE SINCERE HOPE THAT THEY WILL NEVER WEARY OF COMPOSING BOOKS EQUALLY TRUTHFUL , TRUSTWORTHY , AND INTERESTING . THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Apotheosis of the Country , ...
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... never makes a fuss . The first point , therefore , was to buy a cow . I had a friend living at Flushing named Augustus Weeville , who had been there several years , and who had acquired great knowledge of the intricacies of rural ...
... never makes a fuss . The first point , therefore , was to buy a cow . I had a friend living at Flushing named Augustus Weeville , who had been there several years , and who had acquired great knowledge of the intricacies of rural ...
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... never could arrive at any satisfactory con- clusion except that pure milk and fresh cream were , either combined or separate , very satisfactory . Cushy had an excellent disposition ; she never ex- hibited 32 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... never could arrive at any satisfactory con- clusion except that pure milk and fresh cream were , either combined or separate , very satisfactory . Cushy had an excellent disposition ; she never ex- hibited 32 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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... never ex- hibited but one evil passion , and that was for the meal - tub she would feed from the hand or a pail , or , in fact , in any way , so long as she was fed enough . Upon this regimen she waxed fat , until it became a serious ...
... never ex- hibited but one evil passion , and that was for the meal - tub she would feed from the hand or a pail , or , in fact , in any way , so long as she was fed enough . Upon this regimen she waxed fat , until it became a serious ...
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... not mistaken , and I felt almost like claiming , with the modest author of " Ten Acres Enough , " that my impressions were never wrong . IF CHAPTER II . A HOUSE , PLANS , AND. PORTRAIT OF A LADY . 36 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... not mistaken , and I felt almost like claiming , with the modest author of " Ten Acres Enough , " that my impressions were never wrong . IF CHAPTER II . A HOUSE , PLANS , AND. PORTRAIT OF A LADY . 36 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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