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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... covered it , and I had owned my house then some twenty years . So this casual objection was quite a serious one , and we were compelled to discuss the feasibility of leading the animal up the front steps- a 22 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... covered it , and I had owned my house then some twenty years . So this casual objection was quite a serious one , and we were compelled to discuss the feasibility of leading the animal up the front steps- a 22 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 26
... covered with warm water , was to be fed ; and about how much hay would fill up the intervals . These instructions were carefully trans- mitted to the servant who had charge of the dairy , with particular injunctions to carry them out to ...
... covered with warm water , was to be fed ; and about how much hay would fill up the intervals . These instructions were carefully trans- mitted to the servant who had charge of the dairy , with particular injunctions to carry them out to ...
Page 101
... covered with only two inches of earth . Unfortu- nately , however , as my investigations proceeded , some pleasing illusions were dissipated ; one vegetable after another had to be given up , for the entire kingdom seemed to be governed ...
... covered with only two inches of earth . Unfortu- nately , however , as my investigations proceeded , some pleasing illusions were dissipated ; one vegetable after another had to be given up , for the entire kingdom seemed to be governed ...
Page 110
... covered the new beds , as fast as these were cleared and dug , with a luxuriant clothing of bright green , and their leaves were pretty and graceful , but their roots never would come to any thing worth mentioning . It is deeply to be ...
... covered the new beds , as fast as these were cleared and dug , with a luxuriant clothing of bright green , and their leaves were pretty and graceful , but their roots never would come to any thing worth mentioning . It is deeply to be ...
Page 118
... covered the sky and rain began to fall . It is unnecessary to say that all such seeds as might by any possibility germ- inate so late in the season were , in spite of the pat- tering drops , planted ere the storm had fairly begun ...
... covered the sky and rain began to fall . It is unnecessary to say that all such seeds as might by any possibility germ- inate so late in the season were , in spite of the pat- tering drops , planted ere the storm had fairly begun ...
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