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 ...Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1869 - 304 páginas |
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... less than moderate , not even extending to the mode of milking them ; but their big eyes , and gentle manners , and unnecessary horns , and split feet , have always filled my heart with love and FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. ...
... less than moderate , not even extending to the mode of milking them ; but their big eyes , and gentle manners , and unnecessary horns , and split feet , have always filled my heart with love and FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. ...
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... feet , have always filled my heart with love and won- der . Horses are miserable creatures , invariably do- ing precisely what they ought not to do , kicking when they ought to go , going when they ought to stand still , balking when ...
... feet , have always filled my heart with love and won- der . Horses are miserable creatures , invariably do- ing precisely what they ought not to do , kicking when they ought to go , going when they ought to stand still , balking when ...
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... steps that led down into the yard , and , in spite of every care and contrivance to keep her out , Cushy would open the door , and not only help herself to all she wanted , but throw down armfuls under her feet A Cow . 29.
... steps that led down into the yard , and , in spite of every care and contrivance to keep her out , Cushy would open the door , and not only help herself to all she wanted , but throw down armfuls under her feet A Cow . 29.
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... feet , and then , like all her dainty race , she would utterly refuse to eat whatever had become dirty . If the door was latched , she pushed the latch up ; if bars were placed across , she removed them with her horns ; if a rope was ...
... feet , and then , like all her dainty race , she would utterly refuse to eat whatever had become dirty . If the door was latched , she pushed the latch up ; if bars were placed across , she removed them with her horns ; if a rope was ...
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... feet square , a neat , nice , cosy , comfortable little cottage ; and this is an economical size , because it requires precisely two lengths of board . I arranged for a grand hall through the centre , and a piazza round three sides ...
... feet square , a neat , nice , cosy , comfortable little cottage ; and this is an economical size , because it requires precisely two lengths of board . I arranged for a grand hall through the centre , and a piazza round three sides ...
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