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 48
... effect when the Flushingites learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette entered into the sub- ject with spirited hilarity , hoping that it would move faster than the " pattern house , " and wondering ...
... effect when the Flushingites learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette entered into the sub- ject with spirited hilarity , hoping that it would move faster than the " pattern house , " and wondering ...
Page 99
... effect . Before these dispositions were determined on , the grass had grown considerably , the spring being early , and to get rid of it , as " Bridgeman's Assistant , " which , with “ Ten Acres Enough , " was my constant companion ...
... effect . Before these dispositions were determined on , the grass had grown considerably , the spring being early , and to get rid of it , as " Bridgeman's Assistant , " which , with “ Ten Acres Enough , " was my constant companion ...
Page 144
... would have had a prodigious effect . This very interesting matter has led us somewhat ahead of our story , and , although it seemed essential to give these valuable results of the application of science 144 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... would have had a prodigious effect . This very interesting matter has led us somewhat ahead of our story , and , although it seemed essential to give these valuable results of the application of science 144 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 146
... effect . There bid fair to be great thinness of foliage where we hoped for the densest shade , and the large trees were generally planted in such parts of the garden as required most sun ; this , however , was not a serious matter , as ...
... effect . There bid fair to be great thinness of foliage where we hoped for the densest shade , and the large trees were generally planted in such parts of the garden as required most sun ; this , however , was not a serious matter , as ...
Page 170
... effect in the future pages he need not be surprised . This threw the garden pretty much upon Patrick's shoulders , and he bought me a new lot of forty chick- ens , two watch - dogs , and four cats - as the rats had almost taken ...
... effect in the future pages he need not be surprised . This threw the garden pretty much upon Patrick's shoulders , and he bought me a new lot of forty chick- ens , two watch - dogs , and four cats - as the rats had almost taken ...
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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,