Ten Acres Enough / A practical experience, showing how a very small farm may be made to keep a very large family

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. CITY EXPERIENCES MODERATE EXPECTATIONS.

CHAPTER II. PRACTICAL VIEWS SAFETY OF INVESTMENTS IN LAND.

CHAPTER III. RESOLVED TO GO ESCAPE FROM BUSINESS CHOOSING A LOCATION.

CHAPTER IV. BUYING A FARM A LONG SEARCH ANXIETY TO SELL FORCED TO QUIT.

CHAPTER V. MAKING A PURCHASE FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

CHAPTER VI. PLANTING A PEACH ORCHARD HOW TO PRESERVE PEACH-TREES.

CHAPTER VII. PLANTING RASPBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES TRICKS OF THE NURSERY.

CHAPTER VIII. BLACKBERRIES A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.

CHAPTER IX. THE GARDEN FEMALE MANAGEMENT COMFORTS AND PROFITS.

CHAPTER X. CHEATED IN A COW A GOOD AND A BAD ONE THE SAINT OF THE BARNYARD.

CHAPTER XI. A CLOUD OF WEEDS GREAT SALES OF PLANTS.

CHAPTER XII. PIGS AND POULTRY LUCK AND ILL LUCK.

CHAPTER XIII. CITY AND COUNTRY LIFE CONTRASTED.

CHAPTER XIV. TWO ACRES IN TRUCK REVOLUTION IN AGRICULTURE.

CHAPTER XV. BIRDS, AND THE SERVICES THEY RENDER.

CHAPTER XVI. CLOSE OF MY FIRST YEAR ITS LOSS AND GAIN.

CHAPTER XVII. MY SECOND YEAR TRENCHING THE GARDEN STRAWBERRY PROFITS.

CHAPTER XVIII. RASPBERRIES THE LAWTONS.

CHAPTER XIX. LIQUID MANURES AN ILLUSTRATION.

CHAPTER XX. MY THIRD YEAR LIQUID MANURE THREE YEARS' RESULTS.

CHAPTER XXI. A BARNYARD MANUFACTORY LAND ENOUGH FAITH IN MANURE.

CHAPTER XXII. PROFITS OF FRUIT-GROWING THE TRADE IN BERRIES.

CHAPTER XXIII. GENTLEMAN-FARMING ESTABLISHING A HOME.

CHAPTER XXIV. UNSUCCESSFUL MEN REBELLION NOT RUINOUS TO NORTHERN AGRICULTURE.

CHAPTER XXV. WHERE TO LOCATE EAST OR WEST.

A PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE,

SHOWING

HOW A VERY SMALL FARM MAY BE MADE TO
KEEP A VERY LARGE FAMILY.

WITH

Extensive and Profitable Experience
IN
THE CULTIVATION OF THE SMALLER FRUITS.

EIGHTH EDITION.


NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY JAMES MILLER,
(SUCCESSOR TO C. S. FRANCIS & CO.,)
522 B R O A D W A Y.
MDCCCLXVI.

 

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864,
By JAMES MILLER,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for
the Southern District of New York.

 


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