Columella: On Agriculture, Vol. I (Loeb) (1941) - Page 9

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PREFACES	vii
INTRODUCTION
- LIFE AND WORKS OF COLUMELLA	xiii
MANUSCRIPTS AND EDITIONS	xx
BIBLIOGRAPHY	xxvii
SIGLA	xxxiii
BOOK I	2
Preface—Writers on Husbandry—Rules for the Farmer—Situation and Quality of Land—Water—Farm Buildings—Master and Tenant—Farm Overseer, Herdsmen, Shepherds.
BOOK II	104
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—Rules for the Farmer on Holidays.

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