''Five Acres and Independence: A practical guide to the selection and management of the small farm'' is a book about

self-sustainable Self-sustainability and self-sufficiency are overlapping states of being in which a person or organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with, others. Self-sufficiency entails the self being enough (to fulfill needs), and a self-s ...

small-scale farming, written by

Maurice Grenville Kains Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

. It was first published in 1935 during the

Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagion ...

. It was written to provide practical information for people such as urban factory workers who had never worked on a farm. The book contains 46 chapters on all types of farming practices.

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