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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Page 43
... spring was pretty well advanced ; but that house had to be done by July . So , as it was impossible to ac- cept the services of the intelligent Flushing me- chanic , or to make use of the admirably planned Flushing house , it became ...
... spring was pretty well advanced ; but that house had to be done by July . So , as it was impossible to ac- cept the services of the intelligent Flushing me- chanic , or to make use of the admirably planned Flushing house , it became ...
Page 91
... spring or well water , fresh from its bubbling fountain , or drawn from the cold recesses of its deep receptacle , has always been very attractive to me , and for washing purposes it has no equal . The prospect , therefore , of doing ...
... spring or well water , fresh from its bubbling fountain , or drawn from the cold recesses of its deep receptacle , has always been very attractive to me , and for washing purposes it has no equal . The prospect , therefore , of doing ...
Page 99
... spring being early , and to get rid of it , as " Bridgeman's Assistant , " which , with “ Ten Acres Enough , " was my constant companion , contained no directions to meet the case , the advice of Weeville was called for . He said the ...
... spring being early , and to get rid of it , as " Bridgeman's Assistant , " which , with “ Ten Acres Enough , " was my constant companion , contained no directions to meet the case , the advice of Weeville was called for . He said the ...
Page 116
... spring , or even the year before they are expected to blossom . Drought is especially unfavorable to the sowing of seeds or transplanting of roots , and the drought that had already begun to distinguish this midsummer positively forbade ...
... spring , or even the year before they are expected to blossom . Drought is especially unfavorable to the sowing of seeds or transplanting of roots , and the drought that had already begun to distinguish this midsummer positively forbade ...
Page 117
... spring , it is apt to be dry weather in summer . It had rained all through the spring as though the flood - gates of heaven never were to be closed , but when they were finally shut down they fitted so well that scarcely a drop trickled ...
... spring , it is apt to be dry weather in summer . It had rained all through the spring as though the flood - gates of heaven never were to be closed , but when they were finally shut down they fitted so well that scarcely a drop trickled ...
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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,