Columella: On Agriculture (Books 1-4) PDF
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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D. EDITED BY tT. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D. tE. CAPPS, PH.D., ix.D. fW. H. D. ROUSE, litt.d. L. A. POST, L.H.D. E. H. WARMINGTON, m.a., f.r.hist.soc. LUCIUS JUNIUS MODERATUS COLUMELLA ON AGRICULTURE 1 LUCIUS JUNIUS MODERATUS COLUMELLA ON AGRICULTURE IN THREE VOLUMES I RES RUSTICA I-IV WITH A RECENSION OF THE TEXT AND AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY HARRISON BOYD ASH, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OP LATIN, UNI\'ERSITT OF PENNSTLVAKIA CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD MCMLX Pa Firstprinted1941 Reprinted 1948,1960 PrintedinGreatBritain ————— CONTENTS ....... PAGE Prefaces vii Introduction - Life and Works of Columella . . xiii Manuscripts an.d Ed.itio.ns .. xx . . . Biblio.graph.y ..... xxvii SiGLA xxxiii .2 Book I . . . . . . — — Preface Wr—iters on Husbandry Rules for the Husba—ndman Situation and Quality of Land Water Farm Buildings—Master and Tenant Farm Overseer, Herdsmen, Shepherds. Book II 104 — — Kind—s of Land —Ditching and Draining Tests ofSoil Ploughing Care of—Oxen in Pl—oughing Seasons for Cul—tivation Manuring Grains Seasons forSowing QuantityofSeed Re—quired Sowin—gofLegumes,Flax,Hemp,Turnips —Fodder Crops CultivationofGrainsandLegumes Num- — ber of L—abourers Required Q—uahties of Various M—anure—s Times for Manuring —Care of Meadows Hay Reaping and Threshing Preceptsforthe Husbandman on Hohdays. ————— CONTENTS Book III 226 — SoilsSuitable forVines Varietiesofthe—Vine Advantag—esoftheVi—neyardtoHusbandmen Vine Nurseries Cuttings Fruitfulness of Vines — Choice of Shoots and Cu—ttings Qualities of Soil —Required for Vineyards Preparati—on of the Soil Methods of Pl—anting the Vine Se—asons for Planting the Vine Length of Cuttings Number ofVarietiestobePlanted. Book IV 352 — Depth—ofTrenchesforVine-plants —Supportsfor the Vine Training the Y—oung Vine Cultivation and Pruning—of the Vine Pruning—of Quicksets and Cuttings —Methods of Propping L—ayering Transplanting Vine—Frames of Reeds Pruning of Yo—ung Vineyards Restoration of Old—Vine- yards Genera—l Precepts forthe Vineyardist The P—runing-knife Training the Vin—e to the Frame Duties—of the Vine-dresse—r Leaf-—pruning Grafting Willow Plantations Broom Reeds Chestnut-trees. VI
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