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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... falls into the Hands of a Philistine named Barney . - A fresh Arrival.— The House comes , but the Builder does not . - The Charge of the Light Brigade , and Flight of the Housekeeper ....... 37 CHAPTER III . MORE LIVE - STOCK - A HORSE ...
... falls into the Hands of a Philistine named Barney . - A fresh Arrival.— The House comes , but the Builder does not . - The Charge of the Light Brigade , and Flight of the Housekeeper ....... 37 CHAPTER III . MORE LIVE - STOCK - A HORSE ...
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... ...... 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 . House .... - No Farmer should fail to vi 4 CONTENTS .
... ...... 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 . House .... - No Farmer should fail to vi 4 CONTENTS .
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... falls off more or less , and her feed diminishes in price considerably , there is a loss or profit , and if so , why so , and how much . For my part , I never could arrive at any satisfactory con- clusion except that pure milk and fresh ...
... falls off more or less , and her feed diminishes in price considerably , there is a loss or profit , and if so , why so , and how much . For my part , I never could arrive at any satisfactory con- clusion except that pure milk and fresh ...
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... fall in the value of articles at a time when the war was manifestly drawing to a close . They had lost faith not only in the ninety - days ' theory of our leading modern statesman , but that the rebellion would die other than a ...
... fall in the value of articles at a time when the war was manifestly drawing to a close . They had lost faith not only in the ninety - days ' theory of our leading modern statesman , but that the rebellion would die other than a ...
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... falls to the lot of most men ; I have been thrown much with horses , and more by them ; I have had them do nearly every thing they should not have done , and leave undone all that they should have done . So gentleness was the one ...
... falls to the lot of most men ; I have been thrown much with horses , and more by them ; I have had them do nearly every thing they should not have done , and leave undone all that they should have done . So gentleness was the one ...
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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,