Five Acres Too Much
by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
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About this eBook
- Author
- Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, 1829-1906
- Title
- 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
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- S: Agriculture
- Subject
- Country life
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 55220
- Release Date
- July 29, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH.
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.I N T R O D U C T I O N. — FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH.
- 4.CHAPTER I. A COW.
- 5.CHAPTER II. A HOUSE, PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS.
- 6.CHAPTER III. MORE LIVE-STOCK—A HORSE AND A PIG. WHICH IS THE NOBLER ANIMAL?
- 7.CHAPTER IV. THE COUNTRY, AND HOW TO GET THERE.
- 8.CHAPTER V. A WELL.
- 9.CHAPTER VI. A KITCHEN GARDEN.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. THE FLOWER GARDEN.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. POULTRY.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. FALL WORK.
- 13.CHAPTER X. PROFIT AND LOSS.
- 14.CHAPTER XI. THE FLUSHING SKATING-POND—A DIGRESSION.
- 15.CHAPTER XII. THE SECOND YEAR.
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. SCIENCE.
- 17.CHAPTER XIV. A SECOND DIGRESSION—FAIRY TALES FOR LITTLE FOLKS. — LIVE-GEESE FEATHERS. — “LIVE-GEESE FEATHERS.”
- 18.CHAPTER XV. NUISANCES, INHUMAN AND HUMAN.—PETS—THE CHARM OF COUNTRY LIFE.
- 19.CHAPTER XVI. BUTTER-MAKING.—SEEDS AND THE DEVIL.
- 20.CHAPTER XVII. SUCCESS OF THE YEAR.
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR REMOVAL.
- 22.CHAPTER XIX. A GREAT RUNNER.
- 23.CHAPTER XX. A BEAUTIFUL NEW COACH.
- 24.CHAPTER XXI. THREE HUNDRED ACRES NOT ENOUGH.
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