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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... RESULTS CAN BE PRODUCED BY A CAREFUL STUDY OF THEIR DIRECTIONS AND STRICT OBE- DIENCE TO THEIR RULES ; AND AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONIAL TO THE ACCURACY , LUCIDITY , AND PRACTICABILITY OF THE ADVICE WHICH THEY GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY ...
... RESULTS CAN BE PRODUCED BY A CAREFUL STUDY OF THEIR DIRECTIONS AND STRICT OBE- DIENCE TO THEIR RULES ; AND AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONIAL TO THE ACCURACY , LUCIDITY , AND PRACTICABILITY OF THE ADVICE WHICH THEY GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY ...
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... Results of Gardening for Profit ...... 97 CHAPTER VII . THE FLOWER GARDEN . Architectural Skill set at defiance by practical Difficulties . - Result of too much Greenness . - A Disappointment .... CHAPTER VIII . POULTRY . 111 Strange ...
... Results of Gardening for Profit ...... 97 CHAPTER VII . THE FLOWER GARDEN . Architectural Skill set at defiance by practical Difficulties . - Result of too much Greenness . - A Disappointment .... CHAPTER VIII . POULTRY . 111 Strange ...
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... Results , but not pre- cisely what was wanted . - The great Pea turns out small . — Won- derful obstinacy of Plants ...... ہو 169 CHAPTER XIII . SCIENCE . Knowledge is Power . - The new Flower . - A Thing of Beauty . — Ap- pearance ...
... Results , but not pre- cisely what was wanted . - The great Pea turns out small . — Won- derful obstinacy of Plants ...... ہو 169 CHAPTER XIII . SCIENCE . Knowledge is Power . - The new Flower . - A Thing of Beauty . — Ap- pearance ...
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... Result . - The last of the family Horse . He closes his Career by a wonderful Feat in draw- ing Teeth ...... ..Page 233 CHAPTER XVIII . PREPARATIONS FOR REMOVAL . The window Garden . - Warm Work . - Immense Resources of Sci- ence ...
... Result . - The last of the family Horse . He closes his Career by a wonderful Feat in draw- ing Teeth ...... ..Page 233 CHAPTER XVIII . PREPARATIONS FOR REMOVAL . The window Garden . - Warm Work . - Immense Resources of Sci- ence ...
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... , there were plenty , and Bridgman's " Gar- dener's Assistant , " the result was certain . It was merely a question of seeds , weeds , and manure - the > first and last to be encouraged , and the other xiv INTRODUCTION .
... , there were plenty , and Bridgman's " Gar- dener's Assistant , " the result was certain . It was merely a question of seeds , weeds , and manure - the > first and last to be encouraged , and the other xiv INTRODUCTION .
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Página 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,