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 49
... wagons in the village to transport what he called " the stuff ” to my premises . He drove down in a great state of excitement — only to find the gate to the dock closed and locked . Here was an unexpected block to the wheels of progress ...
... wagons in the village to transport what he called " the stuff ” to my premises . He drove down in a great state of excitement — only to find the gate to the dock closed and locked . Here was an unexpected block to the wheels of progress ...
Page 50
... wagons , and trucks drove away , and the Irish character came under a lively discussion . The inhabitants of the Emerald Isle are certainly a magnificent race , especially when their biographer does not happen to own a house which has ...
... wagons , and trucks drove away , and the Irish character came under a lively discussion . The inhabitants of the Emerald Isle are certainly a magnificent race , especially when their biographer does not happen to own a house which has ...
Page 64
... wagons ; I have had them to balk and to kick , to run and to bolt , to stand on their hind feet and kick with their front , and then reciprocate by standing on their front and kicking with their hind feet . I have seen more of a horse's ...
... wagons ; I have had them to balk and to kick , to run and to bolt , to stand on their hind feet and kick with their front , and then reciprocate by standing on their front and kicking with their hind feet . I have seen more of a horse's ...
Page 70
... say that , after smashing every thing to pieces , tearing the body of the wagon from the wheels , toss- ing out what was movable , and ruining his harness , ' Dandy Jim became satisfied , and allowed a rustic to 70 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... say that , after smashing every thing to pieces , tearing the body of the wagon from the wheels , toss- ing out what was movable , and ruining his harness , ' Dandy Jim became satisfied , and allowed a rustic to 70 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 71
... wagon . I could only have sold out at a great loss - and I so rarely rode behind him . Dandy had several peculiarities of temper besides his fear of ghosts . He did not like steam - engines- if he had known how many people they kill ...
... wagon . I could only have sold out at a great loss - and I so rarely rode behind him . Dandy had several peculiarities of temper besides his fear of ghosts . He did not like steam - engines- if he had known how many people they kill ...
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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,