. The lure of the land. (4th ed.) The history of a market-garden and dairy plot developed within eight months upon Long Island's idle territory, long designated as "scrub oak waste," and "pine barrens"; being a true story of the work carried on by the Long Island railroad co. at Experimental stations numbers one and two, to which in the second edition was added the aftermath . thats not I), were awful fond of you and you have done a lot for the Island. Wedhate to see you rum yourself. For goodness sake give this thing up before it is too late. You knownothing will grow here under three to six
. The lure of the land. (4th ed.) The history of a market-garden and dairy plot developed within eight months upon Long Island's idle territory, long designated as "scrub oak waste," and "pine barrens"; being a true story of the work carried on by the Long Island railroad co. at Experimental stations numbers one and two, to which in the second edition was added the aftermath . thats not I), were awful fond of you and you have done a lot for the Island. Wedhate to see you rum yourself. For goodness sake give this thing up before it is too late. You knownothing will grow here under three to six years. Honest, old man, we mean it. Then the Senior Partner would w\^Jk around with them a bit and they would say, Whats thatgreen over there? Rye. No, go-wan, it cant be! Go and look for yourself then, he would answer. They went away nobler and better men. Others would gather in the village stores and decide that we had pizened the soil with gasesfrom the dynamite, but as the rye grew stronger and greener they said, Well, anyway, it wouldntlive the winter through. As the weather grew colder the problem of handling the dynamite became a perplexing one. Itfreezes at 44° and we were absolutely determined to get at least 10 acres cleared before snow flew. A magazine was made of a large dry goods case and placed in the middle of a pile of manure, the ^j-^^^^^■:!^Vl^.■. Watei-rnnicis--Aiifioiit mid
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