FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH.

A TRUTHFUL ELUCIDATION OF 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. ———— 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.