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 38
... never out of my 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 ...
... never out of my 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 ...
Page 42
... never heard of afterward . New York being pretty much exhausted by this time , 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 ...
... never heard of afterward . New York being pretty much exhausted by this time , 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 ...
Page 47
... never would come to a point , and that a fly would have difficulty in maintaining a foothold on it , and the latter being so flat that a ball would hardly roll off the eaves . The whole was or- namented with an unlimited amount of ...
... never would come to a point , and that a fly would have difficulty in maintaining a foothold on it , and the latter being so flat that a ball would hardly roll off the eaves . The whole was or- namented with an unlimited amount of ...
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... never would again , he felt that the dignity of tenants was at stake , and must be sus- tained . When these facts were reported to me I took down my law - books , and prepared a rod for Mr. Barney . There was the clear right to land at ...
... never would again , he felt that the dignity of tenants was at stake , and must be sus- tained . When these facts were reported to me I took down my law - books , and prepared a rod for Mr. Barney . There was the clear right to land at ...
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... never luxurious , being cooked by himself under many disadvantages and with few utensils ; and when his money became scant , it was supplied mainly through the charity of the neighbors . He had no bedding and no change of clothes ; and ...
... never luxurious , being cooked by himself under many disadvantages and with few utensils ; and when his money became scant , it was supplied mainly through the charity of the neighbors . He had no bedding and no change of clothes ; and ...
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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,