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LCL · Latin

On Agriculture, Volume I

by Columella

The fullest Roman treatise on farming, covering vines, olives, livestock, and the management of an estate.

The Edition

Original language
Latin
Translated by
Harrison Boyd Ash

Publication

Series volume
361
Date published
1941-01-01
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Hardcover
Dust jacket
Yes
Total pages
496 pages
ISBN-13
9780674993983

Reference

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Contents

  • Prefaces
  • Introduction
  • Bibliography
  • Sigla
  • On Agriculture
  • Book I
    • Preface. Writers on Husbandry. Rules for the Husbandman. Situation and Quality of Land. Water. Farm Buildings. Master and Tenant. Farm Overseer, Herdsmen, Shepherds
  • Book II
    • Kinds of Land. Ditching and Draining. Tests of Soil. Ploughing. Care of Oxen in Ploughing. Seasons for Cultivation. Manuring. Grains. Seasons for Sowing. Quantity of Seed Required. Sowing of Legumes, Flax, Hemp, Turnips. Fodder Crops. Cultivation of Grains and Legumes. Number of Labourers Required. Qualities of Various Manures. Times for Manuring. Care of Meadows. Hay. Reaping and Threshing. Precepts for the Husbandman on Holidays
  • Book III
    • Soils Suitable for Vines. Varieties of the Vine. Advantages of the Vineyard to Husbandmen. Vine Nurseries. Cuttings. Fruitfulness of Vines. Choice of Shoots and Cuttings. Qualities of Soil Required for Vineyards. Preparation of the Soil. Methods of Planting the Vine. Seasons for Planting the Vine. Length of Cuttings. Number of Varieties to be Planted
  • Book IV
    • Depth of Trenches for Vine-plants. Supports for the Vine. Training the Young Vine. Cultivation and Pruning of the Vine. Pruning of Quicksets and Cuttings. Methods of Propping. Layering. Transplanting. Vine Frames of Reeds. Pruning of Young Vineyards. Restoration of Old Vineyards. General Precepts for the Vineyardist. The Pruning-knife. Training the Vine to the Frame. Duties of the Vine-dresser. Leaf-pruning. Grafting. Willow Plantations. Broom. Reeds. Chestnut-trees