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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... look upon , but great on shakes - too much so for perfect repose ; and Jersey will be a pleasant place to live in when the inhabitants , individually and as a government , cease to live off strangers . The locality referred to - the ...
... look upon , but great on shakes - too much so for perfect repose ; and Jersey will be a pleasant place to live in when the inhabitants , individually and as a government , cease to live off strangers . The locality referred to - the ...
Page 24
... look after the pennies , and the pounds will take care of them- selves ; " and the point would be whether the cow's milk and so forth would hereafter pay $ 7 annually net profit . The day appointed to receive my new pet arrived , and ...
... look after the pennies , and the pounds will take care of them- selves ; " and the point would be whether the cow's milk and so forth would hereafter pay $ 7 annually net profit . The day appointed to receive my new pet arrived , and ...
Page 41
... look and think no farther ; but , having completed my modifications , gave them to a draughtsman , to be expressed in builders ' signs and particularized with specifications . This event suggested the following beautiful sentiment : It ...
... look and think no farther ; but , having completed my modifications , gave them to a draughtsman , to be expressed in builders ' signs and particularized with specifications . This event suggested the following beautiful sentiment : It ...
Page 48
... look up the house , and the foun- dation was rapidly completed by a resident mason ; but neither he nor the house reappeared . Weeks went by ; the prophecies of the incredulous were be- ing confirmed ; those who had " known better " 48 ...
... look up the house , and the foun- dation was rapidly completed by a resident mason ; but neither he nor the house reappeared . Weeks went by ; the prophecies of the incredulous were be- ing confirmed ; those who had " known better " 48 ...
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... look at and so hard to dispose of , and the whole affair so sudden and altogether unpleasant . I was anxious to know , before settling in Flushing , whether murder was one of the institutions , and was to be guarded against like chills ...
... look at and so hard to dispose of , and the whole affair so sudden and altogether unpleasant . I was anxious to know , before settling in Flushing , whether murder was one of the institutions , and was to be guarded against like chills ...
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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,