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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    CHAPTER Of the protection of farm boundaries: PAGE XIV. a. Fences, 100 XV. b. Monuments, 102 XVI. Of the considerations of neighbourhood. 103 2° Concerning the equipment of a farm: 106 XVII. ] & Of agricultural labourers. 107 XVIII. XIX. & Of draught animals. II4 XX. XXL Of watch dogs. II8 XXII. Of farming implements. II8 5° Concerning the operation of a farm: I2I XXIII. Of planting field crops. I2I XXIV. Of planting olives. 123 XXV. & Of planting vines. 125 XXVI. 4° Concerning the agricultural seasons: 126 XXVII. & Of the solar measure of the year. 126 XXVIII. illustrated by A Calendar of Agricultural Operations throughout the year, in eight seasons, viz: XXIX. 1° February y-March 24, 129 XXX. 2° March 24-May 7, I3I XXXI. 3° May 7-June 24, 132 XXXII. 4° June 24-July 21, 134 XXXIII. 5° July 2i-September 26, 13s XXXIV. 6° September 26-October 28, 13s XXXV. 7° October 28-December 24, 136 XXXVI. 8° December 24-February 7, 137 XXXVII. Of the influence of the moon on Agriculture to which is added 137
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