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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
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- 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
- Read online
- Read Here
- Publisher page
- View at publisher
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