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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... entire neighborhood had grazed on it from time immemorial ; a previous owner had been once known to plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they grew and came out cabbages , and did not , as they usually do , spread themselves and be ...
... entire neighborhood had grazed on it from time immemorial ; a previous owner had been once known to plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they grew and came out cabbages , and did not , as they usually do , spread themselves and be ...
Page 40
... entire building down ; that oiling was the true mode of protecting the wood- work , and that nothing whatever but paint would an- swer ; that the natural wood was the most beautiful trimming , and that only stained or painted wood- work ...
... entire building down ; that oiling was the true mode of protecting the wood- work , and that nothing whatever but paint would an- swer ; that the natural wood was the most beautiful trimming , and that only stained or painted wood- work ...
Page 52
... entire five acres , scattered hither and thither , as though they were component parts of five houses instead of one . As Mr. Sille had not come with the house , but was to arrive the next day - for it appeared he had been storm - bound ...
... entire five acres , scattered hither and thither , as though they were component parts of five houses instead of one . As Mr. Sille had not come with the house , but was to arrive the next day - for it appeared he had been storm - bound ...
Page 65
... entire front ; it gives ev- ery outward appearance of comfort , but no family has occupied it more than two consecutive months for many years . The house is haunted . Many years ago an old French lady owned the place , and she had one ...
... entire front ; it gives ev- ery outward appearance of comfort , but no family has occupied it more than two consecutive months for many years . The house is haunted . Many years ago an old French lady owned the place , and she had one ...
Page 74
... entire disregard of the fact that Nature had not made him carnivorous , and an equally intense wish to kick me with his heels when- ever I passed by his flanks . These idiosyncracies prevented my visiting the stable frequently , while ...
... entire disregard of the fact that Nature had not made him carnivorous , and an equally intense wish to kick me with his heels when- ever I passed by his flanks . These idiosyncracies prevented my visiting the stable frequently , while ...
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Page i - 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. By ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, Author of "Game Fish of North America," "Superior Fishing," "Game Birds,