Roman farm management : the treatises of Cato and Varro / done into English, with notes of modern instances, by a Virginia farmer.

  • Cato the Elder
Date:
1913
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Credit: Roman farm management : the treatises of Cato and Varro / done into English, with notes of modern instances, by a Virginia farmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VARRO’S RERUM RUSTICS RUM LIBRI TRES SYNOPSIS chapter I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XL XII. XIII.v BOOK I The Husbandry of Agriculture Introduction: the literary tradition of coun- try life, Of the definition of Agriculture: a. What it is not, b. What it is. The purposes of Agriculture are profit and pleasure. The four-fold division of the study of Agri- culture, 1° Concerning the farm itself: How conformation of the land affects Agriculture, How character of soil affects Agriculture, (A digression on the maintenance of vine- yards). Of the different kinds of soils. Of the units of area used in measuring land. Of the considerations on building a stead- ing: a. Size, b. Water supply, c. Location, with regard to health, d. Arrangement, [ viii ] PAGE 51 57 72 73 76 78 82 85 88 92 93 93 94 96
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