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 30
... , and turned out a more agreeable article than the most skillful chemical milkman . However disgrace- ful to human nature is the confession , science is no- where against a cow . To be sure , she 30 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... , and turned out a more agreeable article than the most skillful chemical milkman . However disgrace- ful to human nature is the confession , science is no- where against a cow . To be sure , she 30 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 34
... turned the corner before a butcher rushed out and announced that he wanted to buy that cow . Patrick indignantly refused , true to the aristocratic Irish idea that the employer is always above disposing of any thing ; but the butch- er ...
... turned the corner before a butcher rushed out and announced that he wanted to buy that cow . Patrick indignantly refused , true to the aristocratic Irish idea that the employer is always above disposing of any thing ; but the butch- er ...
Page 42
... turned them secretly , ran away , and was never heard of afterward . New York being pretty much exhausted by this time , application was made to the carpenters of Flushing . With one exception , they declined the job , as they called it ...
... turned them secretly , ran away , and was never heard of afterward . New York being pretty much exhausted by this time , application was made to the carpenters of Flushing . With one exception , they declined the job , as they called it ...
Page 49
... turned out that an Irishman named Barney — wheth- er it was something Barney or Barney something , no one ever knew , as he was invariably called simply C Barney had hired the dock , and demanded " his HOUSE , PLANS , AND SPECIFICATIONS ...
... turned out that an Irishman named Barney — wheth- er it was something Barney or Barney something , no one ever knew , as he was invariably called simply C Barney had hired the dock , and demanded " his HOUSE , PLANS , AND SPECIFICATIONS ...
Page 63
... clean and white as a baby in a morning - gown , and would allow his flanks to be scratched in the most gracious way , grunting gently the while , and He occasionally turning over on his side . He was alto-. MORE LIVE - STOCK . 63.
... clean and white as a baby in a morning - gown , and would allow his flanks to be scratched in the most gracious way , grunting gently the while , and He occasionally turning over on his side . He was alto-. MORE LIVE - STOCK . 63.
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