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 19
... finally to erect a country house on the Flushing five acres . Plans , and size , and arrangements were in the vague and misty future ; for months the ground could not be broken to build the founda- tions , and little could be done ...
... finally to erect a country house on the Flushing five acres . Plans , and size , and arrangements were in the vague and misty future ; for months the ground could not be broken to build the founda- tions , and little could be done ...
Page 64
... a purchase , and many were the animals I examined to secure this qualification , many the faults I discov- ered ; but I finally obtained the precise creature I { wanted . He was graceful , free , fast , 64 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... a purchase , and many were the animals I examined to secure this qualification , many the faults I discov- ered ; but I finally obtained the precise creature I { wanted . He was graceful , free , fast , 64 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 70
... finally , breaking away , dashed round the circle , out at the entrance , and away up the road . The man firmly believed that Dandy had seen the ghost , which was now mentioned for the first time , although my views inclined to accept ...
... finally , breaking away , dashed round the circle , out at the entrance , and away up the road . The man firmly believed that Dandy had seen the ghost , which was now mentioned for the first time , although my views inclined to accept ...
Page 90
... finally rebelled , and flatly refused to use the odoriferous stuff any longer , even for such base purposes , and it had been from the first utterly undrinkable . Weeville had always boasted of the purity of the water - bed that ...
... finally rebelled , and flatly refused to use the odoriferous stuff any longer , even for such base purposes , and it had been from the first utterly undrinkable . Weeville had always boasted of the purity of the water - bed that ...
Page 93
... finally completed . To be sure , the maker could not spare time to put it up , but other men were readily engaged , and one evening , on my return from the city , I found it duly installed in its place , look- ing very attractive . It ...
... finally completed . To be sure , the maker could not spare time to put it up , but other men were readily engaged , and one evening , on my return from the city , I found it duly installed in its place , look- ing very attractive . It ...
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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,