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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... grew and came out cabbages , and did not , as they usually do , spread themselves and be- come very fine but rather loose leaves . The soil was deep , a well having been sunk on the adjoining property without descending beyond it , or ...
... grew and came out cabbages , and did not , as they usually do , spread themselves and be- come very fine but rather loose leaves . The soil was deep , a well having been sunk on the adjoining property without descending beyond it , or ...
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... grew prodig- iously , and she had a way of standing still by the hour , with her head under the clothes on the lines , when the sun began to grow hot in the spring , or of lying at full length in their shade , that was evidently ...
... grew prodig- iously , and she had a way of standing still by the hour , with her head under the clothes on the lines , when the sun began to grow hot in the spring , or of lying at full length in their shade , that was evidently ...
Page 49
... grew into cer- tainties ; and the mason who was building the foun- dation engaged all the carts , trucks , and wagons in the village to transport what he called " the stuff ” to my premises . He drove down in a great state of excitement ...
... grew into cer- tainties ; and the mason who was building the foun- dation engaged all the carts , trucks , and wagons in the village to transport what he called " the stuff ” to my premises . He drove down in a great state of excitement ...
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... arose like mushrooms - those de- licious vegetables , which I must pause to compliment -in a night ; the roof climbed into place , partitions * grew and floors were laid , windows crept into their 58 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... arose like mushrooms - those de- licious vegetables , which I must pause to compliment -in a night ; the roof climbed into place , partitions * grew and floors were laid , windows crept into their 58 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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... grew and floors were laid , windows crept into their sash - cases , and doors and blinds were hung , but " the end was not yet . " The seventh day of July had come and gone , and the country house bid fair to be finished about Christmas ...
... grew and floors were laid , windows crept into their sash - cases , and doors and blinds were hung , but " the end was not yet . " The seventh day of July had come and gone , and the country house bid fair to be finished about Christmas ...
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