I
Ibn-al-Awam, book of agriculture by
Implements, farming
Inarching, propagation by
Incantations as cures
Interamna, town of
Iowa, farming in Bavaria and
Italy, agriculture in modern
J
Johnson, Samuel, on Harte's Husbandry quoted on Shenstone Joigneaux, P., on yields of wine in France Jones, W.H., on malaria in the Roman Campagna Jugerum, defined Jugum, defined Jungle fowl
K
Kames, Lord, quoted Keil, quoted cited Keller, cited Kitab al-felahah of Ibn-al-Awam
L
Labourers, agricultural
Lanciani, cited
Land, effect of conformation of, on agriculture
Leaves as fodder for cattle
Legumes, soil improvement with
storing
Leporaria
Library, public, at Rome
Literature of farm management, ancient
Live stock, feeding
care of
origin and importance of husbandry of
See Cattle
Lombardy, agriculture in ancient and modern
M
Machiavelli, quoted
Maeterlinck, quoted on dogs
on the antique lore of bees
on the mathematics of the honeycomb
on the queen bee's life
on the nearness of the bee-stand to the dwelling-house
Mago the Carthagenian, treatise on farm management by
quoted
Varro's account of
Maison Rustique, cited and quoted
Malaria in Roman Campagna
Manure, preparation of
best kinds of
Manure pits, arrangement of
Manuring, importance of
green
Maremma sheep dogs
Mares, use of, for war horses
milk of
Market day among the Romans
Marl, use of, as manure
Marrying the vine
Martial, quotation from
Meadows, protection of
irrigated, of Lombardy
Measurement of land, units of area used in
Mile, the Roman
Military fences
Milk and milking, advice on
Minerval, a
Mitchell, Donald G.
Mommsen, quoted
Montesquieu, quoted
Moon, influence of, on agriculture
Moryson, Fynes, quoted
Mosquitoes, perception by Varro of damages from
Mules, remarks on foaling by
uses, care of, etc.
Murray, Gilbert, translation of Euripides by
Must cake
Myers, F.W.H., cited
N
Neat cattle, buying, breeding, feeding, etc. Neighbourhood, considerations of, in locating farm Neighbours, treatment of one's Nummus, a "nickel," Nundinum, the Roman week Nurseries, protection of Nuts, eating preserved
O
Oaks, effect of, on olive trees
Oboerati, class of bondservants called
Ocinum, basil
Oil, manufacture of, from olives
Oil-making implements
Olive farm, number of hands for working an
Olives, allowances of, for
farm hands
reasons for growth in Attica
effect of oaks in neighbourhood of
advice on planting
propagating from truncheons
harvesting of
methods of preserving
eating preserved
Olive salad
Onager, wild ass
Orchards
laying out and planting of
olive
Ornithones
See Aviaries
Ortolans, houses for keeping
Overseer
duties of the
location of room of
Ovid, quoted
Oxen
selling of worn-out
comparison of horses and
care of hoofs of
treatment of sick
number of, suitable for a farm
qualities of, to be considered
breaking of
respect in which held by ancient Romans
P
Palladius quoted on the Gallic harvester Palma, palm Partridges Pastures care of vs. arable land Pâté de foie gras, known and prized by Romans Peacocks, discussion of Perfumes among the Romans Persius, cited Petrarch on Varro on the loss of Varro's books Philippus, L. Marcius Pigeon houses Pigeons manure of kinds and care of Pigs, weanling, called "sacred" Planting field crops olives vines time of Plants four methods of propagating transplanting cuttage graftage inarching time for using different methods of propagation mechanical action of Plautus Menaechmi of quoted Plautius Pleasure as a main purpose of agriculture Pliny quoted use of marl as manure noted by on the Gallic harvester cited Pliny the Younger, study in garden of Ploughing, importance of thorough of rotten land Plough land, as distinguished from corn land Polecats Pollio, Asinius, library at Rome founded by Polybius, quoted Pome fruits, storing Pomegranates, preserving Poultry, kinds, feeding, and care of Poultry houses Protection of nurseries and meadows Prothero, quoted Punning, Varro's use of Pythagoras
Q
Quail, houses for keeping
migrations of
Queen bees, recency of knowledge about
Quinces, storing
Quintilian, on Varro
R
Rabbits, warrens for
breeding and feeding of
derivation of Latin name for
Racking wine
Reate, asses from
Recipes
Rerum Rusticarum of Varro
Virgil's indebtedness to
Rest room for farm hands
Ridgeway, quoted
on markings of horses
Ridging land, custom of
Rogers, Thorold, quoted
Roman fever
Rome, insecurity of life in ancient
Rosea, drainage of, by artificial canals
Rosean breed of horses
Rotten land, precautions regarding
S
Sacred pigs Salad, olive Salt, allowance of, for farm hands Saltus, defined Salutations, Greek, as used by Romans Saserna, as a writer on agriculture quoted on number of farm hands necessary on securing allegiance of dogs Sausages Scab among sheep and cattle Scratches in horses, remedy for Scratching pen for hens Scripulum, defined Scrofa, Tremelius origin of name Sea birds, manure of Seasons, agricultural Seed, selection of Seed bed, preparing the Sellar, cited Seneca, on Virgil's farming Sestertius, value of the Sheep, value of, for their manure buying of feeding, breeding, and care of shearing of Sheep dogs Shepherds, distinguished from farmers number and kind of, requisite purchase of slaves for life of Sicilian honey Silos Size of farm Slaves, selling of old and sick importance of food to contentment of selection of, for farm hands number of, for operating a farm buying, to act as shepherds Snails, recipe for preparing cooked method of keeping in enclosures varieties of fattening of Snakebite, remedy for Soil, improvement of effect of character of, on agriculture different kinds of fining the Solar measure of year Solomon, quotation on ploughing from Sour land, treatment of Sowing, period for Spring ploughing Squabs Stables for live stock Steading, building a husbandry of the development of the industries of the Stamen, etymology of Stocking a farm Storing crops Strabo, inventor of aviaries cited Straw, derivation of word Swine, selecting, feeding, breeding, etc.
T
Tarquinii, ancient Etruscan city
Taylor, John, Arator by, quoted
Teals
Teeth, telling age of animals by the
Terra, different senses of word
Thales of Miletus
Thebes, derivation of name
Theophrastus, works by
cited
quoted
on honey of Corsica
Thessalian horses
Thinning vines
Threshing
Threshing floor, the
Thrushes, profits from
houses for keeping
Tillage, advice on
Time, standards of
the Roman week
Tools, farming
Toulouse, production of pâté de foie gras in
Transplanting
Transportation, importance of ease of
Trellises in vineyards
Trumpet, training hogs to obey sound of
assembling wild boars and roebucks by the
Tull, Jethro
Turkeys, fattening
effect of introduction into Europe, on geese
Turtle doves, housing and care of
V
Varro, Marcus Terentius
the Rerum Rusticarum of
works of, besides Rerum Rusticarum,
activities of, in war against pirates
estate and museum of
Vegetable gardens
Versus, the, defined
Vetch, derivation of name
Veterinary science of ancient Romans
Villa, discussion of the Roman
Vines, for marking farm boundaries
advice on planting
thinning
Vineyards, the maintenance of
implements for
Vintage, work of the
Virgil
indebtedness of, to Varro
formula for testing sour land by
advice on ploughing
cited
on colours of horses
Vitruvius, quoted on Cyrrhestes' Tower of the Winds
W
Walnut trees, effect of, on surrounding land
Walter of Henley
quoted
on use of marl as manure
Warrens, defined
Watch dogs, 116
Water for cattle
Water supply for a steading
Weaning, of young cattle
of lambs
Weanling pigs
Week, the Roman
Wheat, seeding
yields of
structure of plant
harvesting of
Wild asses
Wild boars, keeping of, in game preserves
Wind, impregnating of mares by the
Wind breaks for olive orchards
Wine, cabbage as an offset to effects of
allowances of, for farm hands
yields of, in ancient Italy
racking, 173
used in cramming fowls
Winnowing
Winnowing basket, use of, for a cradle
Winter ploughing
Wood pigeons, cramming and fattening
Wool, shearing sheep for
X
Xenophon, as a writer on agriculture quoted
Y
Year, solar measure of the
Young, Arthur
inscription on tombstone of wife
fences recommended by
on necessary number of farm labourers
Z
Zeno of Citium
Zodiacal signs, honour paid to cattle in
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