How to Get a Farm, and where to Find One: Showing that Homesteads May be Had by Those Desirous of Securing Them: with the Public Law on the Subject of Free Homes, and Suggestions from Practical FarmersJ. Miller, 1864 - 345 sider |
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Side 105
... tree they planted became an investment for their own exclus- ive benefit . In every furrow they turned , some golden particles were discoverable at the bottom . Every spoonful of manure they bought or manufac- tured , was equivalent to ...
... tree they planted became an investment for their own exclus- ive benefit . In every furrow they turned , some golden particles were discoverable at the bottom . Every spoonful of manure they bought or manufac- tured , was equivalent to ...
Side 114
... trees , may , with skilful hands , be made to increase the product to an almost indefinite extent . seasons . " We have heard wealthy farmers assert , that not over two per cent . on the cost of their farms and the capital to stock them ...
... trees , may , with skilful hands , be made to increase the product to an almost indefinite extent . seasons . " We have heard wealthy farmers assert , that not over two per cent . on the cost of their farms and the capital to stock them ...
Side 118
... trees will come into bearing ; and you will have at least twice the produce to turn off six or seven years hence , that you can spare the first year . " As to drudgery , —a man who aspires to earn a good living and rear and educate a ...
... trees will come into bearing ; and you will have at least twice the produce to turn off six or seven years hence , that you can spare the first year . " As to drudgery , —a man who aspires to earn a good living and rear and educate a ...
Side 119
... trees which are the most heavily laden , are seen to bend the lowest . The urchin's impudence represents the national pro- pensity - we must have the best . But what we may conceive to be the best for us , frequently turns out otherwise ...
... trees which are the most heavily laden , are seen to bend the lowest . The urchin's impudence represents the national pro- pensity - we must have the best . But what we may conceive to be the best for us , frequently turns out otherwise ...
Side 125
... trees of other va- rieties . In some places where there was a slight rise in the land , it was firm and solid . I drew his attention to this circumstance , as proving that if the water could be as effectually drained away from the whole ...
... trees of other va- rieties . In some places where there was a slight rise in the land , it was firm and solid . I drew his attention to this circumstance , as proving that if the water could be as effectually drained away from the whole ...
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