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... Chickens 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 ...
... Chickens 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 ...
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... 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 offered . Moreover ; I have a weakness for cows : it ...
... 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 offered . Moreover ; I have a weakness for cows : it ...
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R. B. Roosevelt. CHAPTER VII . POULTRY . I HAVE a respect for chickens . The hens have the finest qualities of the most exemplary moth- ers ; the cocks possess many of the characteristics , in courage and devotion to " the sex , " of the ...
R. B. Roosevelt. CHAPTER VII . POULTRY . I HAVE a respect for chickens . The hens have the finest qualities of the most exemplary moth- ers ; the cocks possess many of the characteristics , in courage and devotion to " the sex , " of the ...
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... chickens are good gastronomically , and eggs undeniable . They pick up most of their own food , and consequently are economical , and this , with so careful a calculator as myself , was sufficient . Their increase is vast , and the ...
... chickens are good gastronomically , and eggs undeniable . They pick up most of their own food , and consequently are economical , and this , with so careful a calculator as myself , was sufficient . Their increase is vast , and the ...
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... chicken to be a full - grown hen the moment it comes out of the shell . " This was so clearly reasonable that I made no farther objection , but purchased twenty pair of the best to be had . A coop was built , and the chickens turned in ...
... chicken to be a full - grown hen the moment it comes out of the shell . " This was so clearly reasonable that I made no farther objection , but purchased twenty pair of the best to be had . A coop was built , and the chickens turned in ...
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