文档介绍：THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY
FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, .
EDITED BY
tT. E. PAGE, ., .
tE. CAPPS, ., . fW. H. D. ROUSE, .
L. A. POST, . E. H. WARMINGTON, ., .
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, .
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OP LATIN, UNI\'ERSITT OF PENNSTLVAKIA
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD
MCMLX
Pa
First printed 1941
Reprinted 1948, 1960
Printed in Great Britain
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CONTENTS
PAGE
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
Husbandman—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—Num-
ber of Labourers Required—Quahties of Various
Manures—Times for Manuring—Care of Meadows
—Hay—Reaping and Threshing—Precepts for the
Husbandman on Hohdays.
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CONTENTS
Book III 226
Soils Suitable for Vines—Varieties of the Vine
Advantages of the Vineyard to Husbandmen—Vine
Nurseries—Cuttings—Fruitfulness of Vines
Choice of Shoots and Cuttings—Qualities of Soil
Required for Vineyards—Preparation of the Soil
—Methods of Planting the Vine—Seasons for
Planting the Vine—Length of Cuttings—Number
of Varieties to be Planted.
Book IV 352
Depth of Trenches for Vine-plants—Supports for
the Vine—Training the Young Vine—Cultivation