How long does it take to read Five Acres and Independence?
a practical guide to the selection and management of the small farm.
Maurice Grenville Kains
Five Acres and Independence by Maurice Grenville Kains takes about 7 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1948. 424 pages, about 116,600 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Those eagerly embarking down the path to self-sufficiency might find "Five Acres and Independence" - first published in the 1940's a good step in the right direction. Granted the information is dated, yet you'll be surprised at the amount of useful information the book contains. I have it on good authority that this book was used as a textbook for farm families into the '70's. In economic times where many of us are actually considering moving back toward simpler times... "a world our grandparents pioneered", it's interesting to see what they did, with what they had.
Subjects: Farms, Agriculture, Self-sustainability, self-reliance
