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 34
... called into requisition , and he started off from the house with her , early one morning in June , to lead her eight miles to her future home at Flushing . Neither himself nor the cow was heard of again till late that night , when ...
... called into requisition , and he started off from the house with her , early one morning in June , to lead her eight miles to her future home at Flushing . Neither himself nor the cow was heard of again till late that night , when ...
Page 42
... application was made to the carpenters of Flushing . With one exception , they declined the job , as they called it , entirely ; but this one put in * : ! the lowest estimate that had yet been made , so 42 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... application was made to the carpenters of Flushing . With one exception , they declined the job , as they called it , entirely ; but this one put in * : ! the lowest estimate that had yet been made , so 42 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 44
... called Martha's Vine- yard , showing that Martha had the good sense to cul- tivate the luscious fruit , although the strict Puritan customs of those times may have forbidden her en- joying its juice , except , perhaps , in the Puritan ...
... called Martha's Vine- yard , showing that Martha had the good sense to cul- tivate the luscious fruit , although the strict Puritan customs of those times may have forbidden her en- joying its juice , except , perhaps , in the Puritan ...
Page 47
... called a model of surprises . To a person who prided himself on his abilities for laying out a plan economically and advantageously , this was discour- aging ; but , after all , to a philosophic mind , so long as the necessary ...
... called a model of surprises . To a person who prided himself on his abilities for laying out a plan economically and advantageously , this was discour- aging ; but , after all , to a philosophic mind , so long as the necessary ...
Page 49
... 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 . There was a high , strong gate . On one ...
... 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 . There was a high , strong gate . On one ...
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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,