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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... Mind against Matter . - What can the Matter be ? -The new Flower CHAPTER XIX . 253 A GREAT RUNNER . A perfect Jonah . Very fine , only don't do it again . —A Gourd runs away with its Master . - A changeable Crimson . - A new Specimen of ...
... Mind against Matter . - What can the Matter be ? -The new Flower CHAPTER XIX . 253 A GREAT RUNNER . A perfect Jonah . Very fine , only don't do it again . —A Gourd runs away with its Master . - A changeable Crimson . - A new Specimen of ...
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... mind , and gone on committees and made public collec- tions ; and who , moreover , has abundant means - this , though last , is by no means least - the country , with its green leaves , its lovely flowers , its waving grass , its early ...
... mind , and gone on committees and made public collec- tions ; and who , moreover , has abundant means - this , though last , is by no means least - the country , with its green leaves , its lovely flowers , its waving grass , its early ...
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... mind expatriating themselves go to Jersey ; but there is one locality that far surpasses all others . The steep banks of the Hudson , cut off as they are from the westerly winds by the Palisades and higher hills beyond them , are ...
... mind expatriating themselves go to Jersey ; but there is one locality that far surpasses all others . The steep banks of the Hudson , cut off as they are from the westerly winds by the Palisades and higher hills beyond them , are ...
Page xiv
... mind that perhaps it would have been better if some of these things had been done to my hand , and that possibly I was not exactly the man to do them in the best way ; but a second perusal of " Ten Acres Enough " was enough for me , and ...
... mind that perhaps it would have been better if some of these things had been done to my hand , and that possibly I was not exactly the man to do them in the best way ; but a second perusal of " Ten Acres Enough " was enough for me , and ...
Page xv
... mind . I should have a neat , modest , small , but cosy little house ; square , for economy's sake , but surrounded on all sides by a deep piazza ; the garden should be filled with delicious vegetables , fruits , and berries , the ...
... mind . I should have a neat , modest , small , but cosy little house ; square , for economy's sake , but surrounded on all sides by a deep piazza ; the garden should be filled with delicious vegetables , fruits , and berries , the ...
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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,