FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. A TRUTHFUL ELUCIDATION OF THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION OF PROFIT WITH MUCH VALUABLE ADVICE AND INSTRUCTION TO THOSE ABOUT IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS. BY ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, AUTHOR OF GAME FISH OF NORTH AMERICA,' "" SUPERIOR FISHING, NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. HARVARD Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. ΤΟ THE WRITERS OF BOOKS ON FARMING, GARDENING, HORTICULTURE, AGRICUL TURE, AND FLORICULTURE, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, AS AN EVIDENCE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT WONDERFUL RESULTS CAN BE PRODUCED BY A CAREFUL STUDY OF THEIR DIRECTIONS AND STRICT OBE DIENCE TO THEIR RULES; AND AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONIAL TO THE ACCURACY, LUCIDITY, AND PRACTICABILITY OF THE ADVICE WHICH 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. |