CONTENTS.
I N T R O D U C T I O N.
CHAPTER I. A COW.
CHAPTER II. A HOUSE, PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS.
CHAPTER III. MORE LIVE-STOCK A HORSE AND A PIG. WHICH IS THE NOBLER ANIMAL?
CHAPTER IV. THE COUNTRY, AND HOW TO GET THERE.
CHAPTER V. A WELL.
CHAPTER VI. A KITCHEN GARDEN.
CHAPTER VII. THE FLOWER GARDEN.
CHAPTER VIII. POULTRY.
CHAPTER IX. FALL WORK.
CHAPTER X. PROFIT AND LOSS.
CHAPTER XI. THE FLUSHING SKATING-POND A DIGRESSION.
CHAPTER XII. THE SECOND YEAR.
CHAPTER XIII. SCIENCE.
CHAPTER XIV. A SECOND DIGRESSION FAIRY TALES FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
CHAPTER XV. NUISANCES, INHUMAN AND HUMAN. PETS THE CHARM OF COUNTRY LIFE.
CHAPTER XVI. BUTTER-MAKING. SEEDS AND THE DEVIL.
CHAPTER XVII. SUCCESS OF THE YEAR.
CHAPTER XVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR REMOVAL.
CHAPTER XIX. A GREAT RUNNER.
CHAPTER XX. A BEAUTIFUL NEW COACH.
CHAPTER XXI. THREE HUNDRED ACRES NOT ENOUGH.
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.
NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION.
BY
ROBERT BARNWELL ROOSEVELT,
AUTHOR OF “GAME FISH OF NORTH AMERICA,” “SUPERIOR FISHING,”
“FLORIDA AND THE GAME WATER BIRDS,” “PROGRESSIVE PETTICOATS,”
“FISH HATCHING AND FISH CATCHING,” ETC.
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NEW YORK:
O. JUDD CO. DAVID W. JUDD, Pres.
751 Broadway.
1885.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by the
O. Judd Company,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
TO
THE WRITERS OF BOOKS
ON
FARMING, GARDENING, HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE,
AND FLORICULTURE,
THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
AS AN EVIDENCE
OF WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT WONDERFUL RESULTS
CAN BE PRODUCED BY A CAREFUL STUDY OF
THEIR DIRECTIONS AND STRICT OBEDIENCE
TO THEIR RULES;
AND
AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONIAL TO THE ACCURACY, LUCIDITY,
AND PRACTICABILITY OF THE ADVICE WHICH THEY
GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY DESCRIBE;
IN THE SINCERE HOPE
THAT THEY WILL NEVER WEARY OF COMPOSING BOOKS
EQUALLY TRUTHFUL, TRUSTWORTHY,
AND INTERESTING.
THE AUTHOR.
