This special re-print edition of "Ten Acres Enough: How A Very Small Farm May Be Made To Keep A Very Large Family" is an old fashioned guide to homesteading and farming. First written in 1864, this classic text follows the real life journey of businessman Edmund Morris of Philadelphia who gave up the hustle and bustle of urban life for a small ten acre farm in New Jersey. Unlike some other farmers who languished in poverty, Morris was so successful than he was anxious to tell his story in the hope that it might inspire and ...
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This special re-print edition of "Ten Acres Enough: How A Very Small Farm May Be Made To Keep A Very Large Family" is an old fashioned guide to homesteading and farming. First written in 1864, this classic text follows the real life journey of businessman Edmund Morris of Philadelphia who gave up the hustle and bustle of urban life for a small ten acre farm in New Jersey. Unlike some other farmers who languished in poverty, Morris was so successful than he was anxious to tell his story in the hope that it might inspire and help others. Chapters include City Experiences, Practical Views, Resolved To Go, Buying a Farm, Making a Purchase, Planting a Peach Orchard, Planting Raspberries and Strawberries, Blackberries, The Garden, Cheated In a Cow, A Cloud of Weeds, Pigs, City And Country Life Contrasted, Two Acres In Truck, Birds, And The Services They Render, Close Of My First Year, My Second Year, Liquid Manures: An Illustration, My Third Year, A Barnyard Manufactory, Profits of Fruit-Growing, Gentleman-Farming, Unsuccessful Men and Where To Locate: East Or West? Considered one of the most influential books among the back-to-the-land and modern homestead movement. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
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