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 111
... produce a kitchen garden out of the raw material of virgin sod was discussed in the last chapter . When it was well under way , and after Weeville had , in his authorita- tive manner , taken it off my hands , I turned my at- tention to ...
... produce a kitchen garden out of the raw material of virgin sod was discussed in the last chapter . When it was well under way , and after Weeville had , in his authorita- tive manner , taken it off my hands , I turned my at- tention to ...
Page 117
... produce a rain if it does not come naturally . It was in vain that I waited for even a shower - in vain that I scan- ned the sky at sunrise or sunset , watched the wind , or consulted the weather - wise . Clouds ceased to be the ...
... produce a rain if it does not come naturally . It was in vain that I waited for even a shower - in vain that I scan- ned the sky at sunrise or sunset , watched the wind , or consulted the weather - wise . Clouds ceased to be the ...
Page 125
... produce to be worth only a dollar and a half a pair , there would be a clear profit of $ 258,520 . Allowing for occasional deaths , this sum might be stated in round numbers at a quarter of a million , which would be a liberal increase ...
... produce to be worth only a dollar and a half a pair , there would be a clear profit of $ 258,520 . Allowing for occasional deaths , this sum might be stated in round numbers at a quarter of a million , which would be a liberal increase ...
Page 146
... produced an irregular 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 ...
... produced an irregular 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 ...
Page 151
... produced $ 11 in market ; but , as we intended to cure and eat him , he would have been fairly worth what we should have had to pay for salt pork by retail , had not an accident hap- pened that will be described hereafter . The value of ...
... produced $ 11 in market ; but , as we intended to cure and eat him , he would have been fairly worth what we should have had to pay for salt pork by retail , had not an accident hap- pened that will be described hereafter . The value of ...
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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,