Author: Donald Grant Mitchell

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Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781330533581

Excerpt from My Farm of Edgewood: A Country Book A Friend asks, - "Are you not tired, then, of that fancy of Farming? Is it not an expensive amusement; is it not a stupefying business? "Do you find your brain taking breadth or color out of Carrot-raising, or Pumpkins? Poultry is a pretty thing, between Tumblers, and Muscovy ducks; but can you not buy cheaper than you raise, - without the fret of foxes and vermin, - in any city market? "Shall I sell out and join you? Shall I teach this boy of mine (you know his physique and that gray eye of his, looking after some eidolon) to love the country - so far as to plant himself there, and grow into the trade of farming? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.