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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... seemed to be abundant , for the cows of the entire neighborhood had grazed on it from time immemorial ; a previous owner had been once known to plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they grew and came out cabbages , and did not ...
... seemed to be abundant , for the cows of the entire neighborhood had grazed on it from time immemorial ; a previous owner had been once known to plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they grew and came out cabbages , and did not ...
Page 19
... seemed of vital importance was the stock . Pigs and chickens could be obtained at any time ; horses had to be had , of course , but need not bother one till the last moment ; but a cow was a creature that must be taken when a good one ...
... seemed of vital importance was the stock . Pigs and chickens could be obtained at any time ; horses had to be had , of course , but need not bother one till the last moment ; but a cow was a creature that must be taken when a good one ...
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... seemed to have no effect in diminishing the quantity of mash she wanted ; rather she appeared to carry into practice the decep- tive proposition of the stingy father to his hungry sons- -that he who ate the most meat should have the ...
... seemed to have no effect in diminishing the quantity of mash she wanted ; rather she appeared to carry into practice the decep- tive proposition of the stingy father to his hungry sons- -that he who ate the most meat should have the ...
Page 47
... seemed as if it never would come to a point , and that a fly would have difficulty in maintaining a foothold on it , and the latter being so flat that a ball would hardly roll off the eaves . The whole was or- namented with an unlimited ...
... seemed as if it never would come to a point , and that a fly would have difficulty in maintaining a foothold on it , and the latter being so flat that a ball would hardly roll off the eaves . The whole was or- namented with an unlimited ...
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... seemed to feel that the reputation of all pigdom rest- ed on him , and , no matter how often the trough was replenished , he was ever ready to renew his attacks . II's sides were puffed out and rounded like a ball , but he would stand ...
... seemed to feel that the reputation of all pigdom rest- ed on him , and , no matter how often the trough was replenished , he was ever ready to renew his attacks . II's sides were puffed out and rounded like a ball , but he would stand ...
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