On Agriculture

CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK

Which Greeks have written about agriculture
What things must be distinguished from agriculture
That agriculture is an art
What is the beginning of agriculture and what its goal
How many parts the discipline of agriculture has
Regarding the soil of a farm, what things must be looked at
What is the best farm, which is next after it, and what follows in order
Regarding vineyards
Regarding the measurements of fields
Why a 'heredium', a 'centuria', and a 'saltus' are called by these names
Regarding the villa
Regarding the water of the villa
Regarding the site and in which direction of the sky the villa should be placed
Regarding the description of the rustic villa
Regarding the enclosures which are made for the sake of protecting the farm
Regarding protecting boundaries
Regarding those things which outside the farm are advantageous or disadvantageous
By what means fields are cultivated
Regarding the number of farm laborers, how often each measure of land can be cultivated
How many teams of oxen each measure of land can be cultivated
Regarding oxen

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1 Varro's first book on agriculture begins happily. Which Greeks || 6 That | deleted and added by Scal. || 18 they are made (they may be made Pol., they are made apogr. and Vict.) || 20 they are made (they may be made V) || 23 deleted and added by Keil || 25 That ||