Columella: On Agriculture (Books 1-4)

512 Pages·1960·17.954 MB·English

by  Harrison Boyd Ash

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
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CONTENTS
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PAGE
Prefaces vii
Introduction
- Life and Works of Columella . . xiii
Manuscripts an.d Ed.itio.ns .. xx
. . .
Biblio.graph.y ..... xxvii
SiGLA xxxiii
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Book I . . . . . .
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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
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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-
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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.
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CONTENTS
Book III 226
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SoilsSuitable forVines Varietiesofthe—Vine
Advantag—esoftheVi—neyardtoHusbandmen Vine
Nurseries Cuttings Fruitfulness of Vines
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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
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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.
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