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 vi
... raise the Hair of one Mink ........ 124 CHAPTER IX . FALL WORK . A Fortune in Strawberries . - How to get it out . - Debility developed . -Science to the Rescue . - The wonderful Effects of a Liquid Fer- tilizer . No Farmer should fail ...
... raise the Hair of one Mink ........ 124 CHAPTER IX . FALL WORK . A Fortune in Strawberries . - How to get it out . - Debility developed . -Science to the Rescue . - The wonderful Effects of a Liquid Fer- tilizer . No Farmer should fail ...
Page xvii
... raised the giant squash which admits to the in- nermost circles of the initiated . My readers will be glad to learn that Patrick is still with me . My farming and my writings on farm - life would have been a failure without his ...
... raised the giant squash which admits to the in- nermost circles of the initiated . My readers will be glad to learn that Patrick is still with me . My farming and my writings on farm - life would have been a failure without his ...
Page 28
... raised the price to the rate of twelve cents a quart . Our cow , which had been baptized with the name of Cushy , gave about eleven quarts daily , and as the household only needed six , there was a clear opening for profit to the extent ...
... raised the price to the rate of twelve cents a quart . Our cow , which had been baptized with the name of Cushy , gave about eleven quarts daily , and as the household only needed six , there was a clear opening for profit to the extent ...
Page 29
... raised the price of their goods to keep pace with the price of milk , so that hay was at the moderate rate of two dollars or two dollars and a half a hundred pounds . Moreover , that was an uncommonly intel- ligent cow , and she used ...
... raised the price of their goods to keep pace with the price of milk , so that hay was at the moderate rate of two dollars or two dollars and a half a hundred pounds . Moreover , that was an uncommonly intel- ligent cow , and she used ...
Page 52
... raised to the pinnacle of happiness by the ar- rival of another vessel , which fortunately selected another dock , and landed another house . On inquiry , it appeared that this was my house . Lest the reader may suppose that Nantucket ...
... raised to the pinnacle of happiness by the ar- rival of another vessel , which fortunately selected another dock , and landed another house . On inquiry , it appeared that this was my house . Lest the reader may suppose that Nantucket ...
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