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 61
... keep house in the country , one must own a pig . In popular estimation , the animal creation stand in relation to man in the following or- der — cows , horses , pigs , dogs . For the existence of a large portion of the race of infants ...
... keep house in the country , one must own a pig . In popular estimation , the animal creation stand in relation to man in the following or- der — cows , horses , pigs , dogs . For the existence of a large portion of the race of infants ...
Page 62
... keep half a dozen feet ahead of you ; try to drive him , and measure his obstinacy even by that of your wife ; endeavor to lead him , and make up your mind to have a " good time . ” Our pig united many pleasant qualities and points of ...
... keep half a dozen feet ahead of you ; try to drive him , and measure his obstinacy even by that of your wife ; endeavor to lead him , and make up your mind to have a " good time . ” Our pig united many pleasant qualities and points of ...
Page 72
... keep moving . I hardly drove him sufficiently to learn his eccentricities of temper , and on one occasion laid down the reins for a moment . He immediately started , and the reins slipped over the dash - board out of reach . Reader ...
... keep moving . I hardly drove him sufficiently to learn his eccentricities of temper , and on one occasion laid down the reins for a moment . He immediately started , and the reins slipped over the dash - board out of reach . Reader ...
Page 75
... keep our heads and clothes clean ; his skin bestrides his competitor -- and then , upon the classic rule of a part standing for the whole , he is in his right place ; his petitoes are the delight of connoisseurs ; his en- MORE LIVE ...
... keep our heads and clothes clean ; his skin bestrides his competitor -- and then , upon the classic rule of a part standing for the whole , he is in his right place ; his petitoes are the delight of connoisseurs ; his en- MORE LIVE ...
Page 100
... keep them out of your beds . I'll fix your garden for you , now I know where you want it . " Before I could protest , he rushed away , taking my plans with him , as though they were of no value whatever , with that wretched conceit ...
... keep them out of your beds . I'll fix your garden for you , now I know where you want it . " Before I could protest , he rushed away , taking my plans with him , as though they were of no value whatever , with that wretched conceit ...
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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,