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 88
... taken my fancy , and no sooner was the well completed than it was purchased . Un- fortunately , the entire village of Flushing was then putting in pumps , and there was no possibility of having it set up for two entire weeks . We had ...
... taken my fancy , and no sooner was the well completed than it was purchased . Un- fortunately , the entire village of Flushing was then putting in pumps , and there was no possibility of having it set up for two entire weeks . We had ...
Page 90
... taken advantage of you , and left the pieces of dirt and rubbish that fall in - old bits of dinner , frag- ments of meat and cheese , perhaps and which must always be removed , or they will decay , and spoil the water for a long time ...
... taken advantage of you , and left the pieces of dirt and rubbish that fall in - old bits of dinner , frag- ments of meat and cheese , perhaps and which must always be removed , or they will decay , and spoil the water for a long time ...
Page 97
... from so practical a per- son as myself , and was taken in hand promptly , and the account of my success carries me back a little in matter of time . E It was late in April when the contract was closed A KITCHEN GARDEN . 97.
... from so practical a per- son as myself , and was taken in hand promptly , and the account of my success carries me back a little in matter of time . E It was late in April when the contract was closed A KITCHEN GARDEN . 97.
Page 111
... taken it off my hands , I turned my at- tention to the flower garden . Of this I determined to take entire charge . I had not studied Bridgeman for weeks , nor peered into seedsmen's windows , and examined the peculiarities of all the ...
... taken it off my hands , I turned my at- tention to the flower garden . Of this I determined to take entire charge . I had not studied Bridgeman for weeks , nor peered into seedsmen's windows , and examined the peculiarities of all the ...
Page 112
... taken from a Chinese puzzle , and had no equal in the most complicated produc- tions of the ablest masters of landscape gardening , ancient or modern . There It is well known that , according to the highest standard of the art , the ...
... taken from a Chinese puzzle , and had no equal in the most complicated produc- tions of the ablest masters of landscape gardening , ancient or modern . There It is well known that , according to the highest standard of the art , the ...
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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,