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Homesteading
Ten Acres Enough
Edmund Morris
239 pages~4 hr 46 min read29 chapters$4.99
A city man grew tired of business and bet everything on ten acres, and it was enough. Edmund Morris tells how he chose his location, bought his small farm, and made a living from fruit and intensive cultivation. The book that launched a back-to-the-land movement. Proof that a modest plot, worked well, can free a family.
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29 chapters
- 1TEN ACRES ENOUGH:
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4TEN ACRES ENOUGH.
- 5CHAPTER I. CITY EXPERIENCES—MODERATE EXPECTATIONS.
- 6CHAPTER II. PRACTICAL VIEWS—SAFETY OF INVESTMENTS IN LAND.
- 7CHAPTER III. RESOLVED TO GO—ESCAPE FROM BUSINESS—CHOOSING A LOCATION.
- 8CHAPTER IV. BUYING A FARM—A LONG SEARCH—ANXIETY TO SELL—FORCED TO QUIT.
- 9CHAPTER V. MAKING A PURCHASE—FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
- 10CHAPTER VI. PLANTING A PEACH ORCHARD—HOW TO PRESERVE PEACH-TREES.
- 11CHAPTER VII. PLANTING RASPBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES—TRICKS OF THE NURSERY.
- 12CHAPTER VIII. BLACKBERRIES—A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.
- 13CHAPTER IX. THE GARDEN—FEMALE MANAGEMENT—COMFORTS AND PROFITS.
- 14CHAPTER X. CHEATED IN A COW—A GOOD AND A BAD ONE—THE SAINT OF THE BARNYARD.
- 15CHAPTER XI. A CLOUD OF WEEDS—GREAT SALES OF PLANTS.
- 16CHAPTER XII. PIGS AND POULTRY—LUCK AND ILL LUCK.
- 17CHAPTER XIII. CITY AND COUNTRY LIFE CONTRASTED.
- 18CHAPTER XIV. TWO ACRES IN TRUCK—REVOLUTION IN AGRICULTURE.
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