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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... side - walks . This un- equaled concentration of attractions can be reached in thirty minutes from either the upper or lower part of the city — of course New York city is meant , as no one need leave Philadelphia or Boston to get into ...
... side - walks . This un- equaled concentration of attractions can be reached in thirty minutes from either the upper or lower part of the city — of course New York city is meant , as no one need leave Philadelphia or Boston to get into ...
Page xv
... sides by a deep piazza ; the garden should be filled with delicious vegetables , fruits , and berries , the earliest and best of their kinds ; there should be a magnificent bed of asparagus - that king of the kitchen garden - a dozen ...
... sides by a deep piazza ; the garden should be filled with delicious vegetables , fruits , and berries , the earliest and best of their kinds ; there should be a magnificent bed of asparagus - that king of the kitchen garden - a dozen ...
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... side , but did these things in so uncon- scious a way that no one could find fault . She kept on growing fat and fatter ( to continue her history and somewhat anticipate events ) —until summer came , and it was necessary to send her to ...
... side , but did these things in so uncon- scious a way that no one could find fault . She kept on growing fat and fatter ( to continue her history and somewhat anticipate events ) —until summer came , and it was necessary to send her to ...
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... sides ; there were four rooms on each floor , and it would have been perfection had not the parlor and dining- room proved to be only about seven feet by twelve , which , after some careful measurements , was deter- mined to be rather ...
... sides ; there were four rooms on each floor , and it would have been perfection had not the parlor and dining- room proved to be only about seven feet by twelve , which , after some careful measurements , was deter- mined to be rather ...
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... sides , in another there was no piazza whatever ; some had the servants in the garret , others placed them in the cellar . I was ready to erect an entirely new house , or to con- vert an old barn that was near the premises into two or ...
... sides , in another there was no piazza whatever ; some had the servants in the garret , others placed them in the cellar . I was ready to erect an entirely new house , or to con- vert an old barn that was near the premises into two or ...
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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,