[Footnote 222:  Reading in ius vocare, with the double entendre of service in a sauce and bringing to justice.]

INDEX

Actus (actus guadratus), unit of area in land measurement
Aegean Sea, derivation of name
Aesop’s fable of the fox
Agriculture, distinguished from grazing, pottery-making, etc.
  definition of scope of
  purposes of, are profit and pleasure
  four divisions for the study of
  effect of conformation of the land on,
  effect of character of soil
Albutius, L.
Alfalfa, advice concerning
Alfius, Roman farmer banker
Alpine hares
Amurca, farm uses of
  used for anointing threshing floors
  waste of, by Romans
  method of preserving
  condensing
Apiaries, location of
  See Bees. 
Apicius, recipe for ragout of dormice by,
Appian, quoted
Appius Claudius Pulcher
Apples, storing
Apulian breed of horses
Aquinas, Thomas
Arbusta, the Italian
Arista, etymology of word
Aristotle, on blindness of puppies
  cited
  on goats’ breathing through their ears
  on exercising of pregnant mares
  on breeding of mares
  story related by
Arpent, derivation of
Asparagus planting,
Asses, use of, as compared with other draught animals
  manure of
  certain choice breeds of
  buying, breeding, care of, etc.
  milk of
Atticus, T. Pomponius

Augeas, King, tradition concerning
Augustine, St., on Varro
  indebtedness of, to works of Varro
Aviaries, profits from
  two classes of
  those kept for profit
  those kept for pleasure
Aviary, Varro’s, at Casinum

B

Bakewell, breeding of sheep by
Barbers, the first, in Italy
Barn yards, arrangement of
Barrows, hogs called
Bavaria, agriculture in Iowa contrasted with that in
Beans, use of, for green manuring
  storing
Beauclerk, W.N., on agriculture in modern Italy
  quoted
Bees, eggs of unfertilized queen
  the keeping of
  theories concerning generation of
  treatises on, by ancient writers
  habits and houses of
  money to be made from
  location of stands for
  food for;
  structure and care of hives
  kinds of
  selection of
  moving
  swarming of
  removal of honey
  general care of
Benson, William, edition of Georgics by, quoted
Birds, manure of
Blackbirds, houses for keeping
Blackstone, opinion by, cited
Bleat, etymology of word
Blood, use of, in composts
Boars, advice concerning
  altering; wild
Boissier, Gaston
  quoted and cited
Boke of Husbandry, Fitzherbert’s
Bologna sausages
Bones, remedy for injuries to
Borden, Spencer, The Arab Horse by, quoted
Boundaries, protection of farm
Buffon, quotations from
  cited
Bugs, recipe for exterminating
Buildings on farm