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. C By Robert B. Roosevelt ... |
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Page 217
... churned or the cream , or how long it required , or what other mysteries were involved , I could not tell . The first necessity , therefore , was to have a churn , and to obtain this I stopped in at one of the numer- ous stores in and ...
... churned or the cream , or how long it required , or what other mysteries were involved , I could not tell . The first necessity , therefore , was to have a churn , and to obtain this I stopped in at one of the numer- ous stores in and ...
Page 218
... churn . You pour the milk in " - [ ah ! thought I to myself , it is the milk that is churned , after all ] — “ you turn this handle ; by a simple ar- rangement of multiplying cogs , the dasher is re- volved at great speed , the air is ...
... churn . You pour the milk in " - [ ah ! thought I to myself , it is the milk that is churned , after all ] — “ you turn this handle ; by a simple ar- rangement of multiplying cogs , the dasher is re- volved at great speed , the air is ...
Page 220
... churn of a most approved and successful description . There , " he continued , as the clerk brought me face to face with a still stran- ger - looking machine , more like the walking - beam of a steam - engine than my early recollections ...
... churn of a most approved and successful description . There , " he continued , as the clerk brought me face to face with a still stran- ger - looking machine , more like the walking - beam of a steam - engine than my early recollections ...
Page 221
... churn , " there you have simplicity itself . In it you back to first principles . You wind up a spring— ” " A spring ... churned . " The cream is placed in these two receptacles ; the dashers fall regularly and slowly . " 66 Slowly ! " I ...
... churn , " there you have simplicity itself . In it you back to first principles . You wind up a spring— ” " A spring ... churned . " The cream is placed in these two receptacles ; the dashers fall regularly and slowly . " 66 Slowly ! " I ...
Page 223
... churn was evidently an intricate mat- ter . It was a practical affair , in which intellectual research would not help me , and recourse must be had to Weeville . As soon as I returned to the coun- try I sent for him , and inquired which ...
... churn was evidently an intricate mat- ter . It was a practical affair , in which intellectual research would not help me , and recourse must be had to Weeville . As soon as I returned to the coun- try I sent for him , and inquired which ...
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