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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... 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 AND A PIG . WHICH IS THE NOBLER ANIMAL ? Beauties of the ...
... 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 AND A PIG . WHICH IS THE NOBLER ANIMAL ? Beauties of the ...
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... fresh water to take the fire out . In spite of their convincing arguments , however , an individual was found so little alive to the excel- lence of the dealer's milky way as to be ready not merely to pay the current price , but to ...
... fresh water to take the fire out . In spite of their convincing arguments , however , an individual was found so little alive to the excel- lence of the dealer's milky way as to be ready not merely to pay the current price , but to ...
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... I never could arrive at any satisfactory con- clusion except that pure milk and fresh cream were , either combined or separate , very satisfactory . Cushy had an excellent disposition ; she never ex- hibited 32 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... I never could arrive at any satisfactory con- clusion except that pure milk and fresh cream were , either combined or separate , very satisfactory . Cushy had an excellent disposition ; she never ex- hibited 32 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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... fresh walls . There was much more equally valuable ad- vice , for which I was exceedingly grateful , and de- sire again publicly to thank my friends . While ruminating over these statements and my various different projects , I was ...
... fresh walls . There was much more equally valuable ad- vice , for which I was exceedingly grateful , and de- sire again publicly to thank my friends . While ruminating over these statements and my various different projects , I was ...
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... fresh from its bubbling fountain , or drawn from the cold recesses of its deep receptacle , has always been very attractive to me , and for washing purposes it has no equal . The prospect , therefore , of doing without wa- ter was ...
... fresh from its bubbling fountain , or drawn from the cold recesses of its deep receptacle , has always been very attractive to me , and for washing purposes it has no equal . The prospect , therefore , of doing without wa- ter was ...
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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,