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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... once known to plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they 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 ...
... once known to plant cabbages , and the tradition is that they 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 ...
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... once , on a previous occasion , and without any great strain , given way , a carpenter had to be called in to strengthen it . He , in his enthusiasm , and being prob- ably as ignorant as myself , used so many supports that it would have ...
... once , on a previous occasion , and without any great strain , given way , a carpenter had to be called in to strengthen it . He , in his enthusiasm , and being prob- ably as ignorant as myself , used so many supports that it would have ...
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... once became excited , and prepared for action , and the cow looked wild and threatening as they closed in around her . Her owner , who was leading her with a cord , called out " soo - so - o - o " in a deprecatory manner , that ...
... once became excited , and prepared for action , and the cow looked wild and threatening as they closed in around her . Her owner , who was leading her with a cord , called out " soo - so - o - o " in a deprecatory manner , that ...
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... once pausing , and then did the like with a re- plenished dish . My opinion of the intelligence of cows and Biddies was elevated , and I concluded cow- feeding was not my specialty . With those two feeds , or more properly gluts , of ...
... once pausing , and then did the like with a re- plenished dish . My opinion of the intelligence of cows and Biddies was elevated , and I concluded cow- feeding was not my specialty . With those two feeds , or more properly gluts , of ...
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... once proceeded to lay out an ad- mirable plan for a house twenty - four feet square , a neat , nice , cosy , comfortable little cottage ; and this is an economical size , because it requires precisely two lengths of board . I arranged ...
... once proceeded to lay out an ad- mirable plan for a house twenty - four feet square , a neat , nice , cosy , comfortable little cottage ; and this is an economical size , because it requires precisely two lengths of board . I arranged ...
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