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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... mind is braced but not wearied . The garden , whether kitchen or flower garden - those delightful adjuncts of a coun- try place is such an infinite source of health , im- provement , and delight . Man , confined to the city by dire ...
... mind is braced but not wearied . The garden , whether kitchen or flower garden - those delightful adjuncts of a coun- try place is such an infinite source of health , im- provement , and delight . Man , confined to the city by dire ...
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... mind finally to erect a country house on the Flushing five acres . Plans , and size , and arrangements were in the vague and misty future ; for months the ground could not be broken to build the founda- tions , and little could be done ...
... mind finally to erect a country house on the Flushing five acres . Plans , and size , and arrangements were in the vague and misty future ; for months the ground could not be broken to build the founda- tions , and little could be done ...
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... mind was a blank on the subject of warm mashes , he explained that hot water was poured upon bran and meal mixed , and that the mixture was then usually called a mash , al- though why and wherefore he could not distinctly * say . Then ...
... mind was a blank on the subject of warm mashes , he explained that hot water was poured upon bran and meal mixed , and that the mixture was then usually called a mash , al- though why and wherefore he could not distinctly * say . Then ...
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... mind ) ; but there seems to be a limit in reduction of size that can not be surpassed . I at once proceeded to lay out an ad- mirable plan for a house twenty - four feet square , a neat , nice , cosy , comfortable little cottage ; and ...
... mind ) ; but there seems to be a limit in reduction of size that can not be surpassed . I at once proceeded to lay out an ad- mirable plan for a house twenty - four feet square , a neat , nice , cosy , comfortable little cottage ; and ...
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... mind , so long as the necessary accommodation is obtained , the par- ticular plan makes little difference . Flushing is a small place , and any unusual occur- rence throws it into a wild state of excitement . Some one had been moving a ...
... mind , so long as the necessary accommodation is obtained , the par- ticular plan makes little difference . Flushing is a small place , and any unusual occur- rence throws it into a wild state of excitement . Some one had been moving a ...
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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,