Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro
by Marcus Terentius Varro Marcus Porcius Cato
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Chapters (33)
- ROMAN FARM MANAGEMENT
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD TO SECOND EDITION
- CONTENTS
- VARRO'S RERUM RUSTICARUM LIBRI TRES
- BOOK I
- CHAPTER
- BOOK II
- BOOK III
- ROMAN FARM MANAGEMENT NOTE UPON THE ROMAN AGRONOMISTS
- NOTE ON THE OBLIGATION OF VIRGIL TO VARRO
- CATO'S DE AGRICULTURA
- VARRO'S RERUM RUSTICARUM
- BOOK I
- I
- 1° CONCERNING THE FARM ITSELF
- 2° CONCERNING THE EQUIPMENT OF A FARM
- 3° CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF A FARM
- 4° CONCERNING THE AGRICULTURAL SEASONS
- A CALENDAR OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
- ANOTHER CALENDAR OF SIX AGRICULTURAL SEASONS
- 1° PREPARING TIME
- 2° PLANTING TIME
- 3° CULTIVATING TIME
- 4° HARVEST TIME
- 5° HOUSING TIME
- 6° CONSUMING TIME
- BOOK II
- BOOK III THE HUSBANDRY OF THE STEADING
- I
- FOOTNOTES:
- A VIRGINIA RECIPE FOR COOKING HAMS
- INDEX
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