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 117
... spring , it is apt to be dry weather in summer . It had rained all through the spring as though the flood - gates of heaven never were to be closed , but when they were finally shut down they fitted so well that scarcely a drop trickled ...
... spring , it is apt to be dry weather in summer . It had rained all through the spring as though the flood - gates of heaven never were to be closed , but when they were finally shut down they fitted so well that scarcely a drop trickled ...
Page 135
... spring broilers were disappoint- ed ; my quarter of a million of prospective profits— all were annihilated together by a mink . We killed that mink . Like Oliver Twist , he re- turned for more , and met his fate . I had him stuffed ...
... spring broilers were disappoint- ed ; my quarter of a million of prospective profits— all were annihilated together by a mink . We killed that mink . Like Oliver Twist , he re- turned for more , and met his fate . I had him stuffed ...
Page 136
... spring , but Nature and Bridgeman permit some plants to be set out and seeds to be sown in the fall . September is the month for starting a strawberry- bed , and as my firm resolve was to have a grand plot of this best of small fruits ...
... spring , but Nature and Bridgeman permit some plants to be set out and seeds to be sown in the fall . September is the month for starting a strawberry- bed , and as my firm resolve was to have a grand plot of this best of small fruits ...
Page 141
... spring . The agriculture of modern days is very different from what it was in the times of our forefathers . Without going back to the days of Adam and Eve , when the vegetable kingdom managed itself , but aft- er perspiration became a ...
... spring . The agriculture of modern days is very different from what it was in the times of our forefathers . Without going back to the days of Adam and Eve , when the vegetable kingdom managed itself , but aft- er perspiration became a ...
Page 142
... spring , and we must anticipate events to give the con- clusion of the attempt . It was with some anxiety that I watched the removal of the straw covering the next April , and with no little relief did I observe that the " Bonheur ...
... spring , and we must anticipate events to give the con- clusion of the attempt . It was with some anxiety that I watched the removal of the straw covering the next April , and with no little relief did I observe that the " Bonheur ...
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