tailieunhanh - The Home Acre

Land hunger is so general that it may be regarded as a natural craving. Artificial modes of life, it is true, can destroy it, but it is apt to reassert itself in later generations. To tens of thousands of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream of the future, the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasing numbers are taking what would seem to be the wiser course, and are combining rural pleasures and advantages with their business. As the questions of rapid transit are solved, the welfare of children will turn the scale more and more often against the conventional city house. | The Home Acre 1 The Home Acre The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Home Acre by E. P. Roe 6 in our series by E. P. Roe Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title The Home Acre Author E. P. Roe Release Date April 2004 EBook 5418 Yes we are more than one year ahead of schedule This file was first posted on July 14 2002 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HOME ACRE Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE HOME ACRE E. P. ROE CONTENTS CHAPTER I TREE-PLANTING CHAPTER II 2 CHAPTER II FRUIT-TREES AND GRASS CHAPTER III THE GARDEN CHAPTER IV THE VINEYARD AND ORCHARD CHAPTER V THE RASPBERRY CHAPTER VI THE CURRANT CHAPTER VII STRAWBERRIES CHAPTER VIII THE KITCHEN-GARDEN CHAPTER IX THE KITCHEN-GARDEN Concluded CHAPTER I TREE-PLANTING Land hunger is so general that it may be regarded as a natural craving. Artificial modes of life it is true can destroy it but it is apt to reassert itself in later generations. To tens of thousands of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream of the future the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasing numbers are taking what would seem to