Roman Farm Management eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 336 pages of information about Roman Farm Management.

Roman Farm Management eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 336 pages of information about Roman Farm Management.

E

Eggs, the first course in Roman dinners
  barren
  number for setting
  preserving
Elm trees, planting of
  for marking boundaries
Endive, as food for geese
Ensilage, question of use of, by ancients
Equipment of a farm

F

Fallow, as managed by the Romans
Farm, buying a
  laying out of the
  stocking the
  as a source of both profit and pleasure
  effect of conformation of the land
  effect of character of the soil
Farm hands, allowances for
  selection, treatment, number of, etc.,
Farrago, mixed fodder
  as food for geese
Feast days, observance of
Feed racks, construction of
Fences
Ferrero, cited
Field crops, planting of
Figs, season for propagating
  eating preserved
Fining the soil
Fishes, feeding and care of
Fish ponds
  fresh-water and salt-water
  number of, on one estate
Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony
  quoted; cited
  on combining two kinds of husbandry
  on greasing of sheep
Flock masters, duties of
Forage, derivation from farrago
Forage crops
Foremen of farm hands, qualifications of
Fowl. See Poultry
Fowler, Social Life at Rome by, quoted
France, yields of wine in
Freemen as agricultural labourers
Fruits, preserving
  time for using stored
Furlong, derivation of

G

Game preserves
Gauls, pre-eminence of, in
  growing and making of pork
  high qualities as shepherds
Geese, selection of, breeding, care, etc
Geldings, horses called
Geoponica, the; cited
Georgics, Virgil’s, passages based on information from Varro
Gestation, periods of
Gleaning of grain fields
Gluma, etymology of word
Goats, as foes of agriculture
  characteristics, breeding and handling
  milk of; use of hair and skins of; shearing of
Googe, Barnaby, translation of Heresbach by
Graftage of plants
Grain, advice on seeding
  storing of
  cleaning, when taken out of storage
  time for marketing
Granaries, varieties of
Granum, etymology of word
Grapes, harvesting of
  advice on storing
Grapevines, trellises and props for
Grazing, to be distinguished from agriculture
Greek writers on agriculture
Green manuring
Guano
Guinea fowl

H

Haeredium, defined
Hair, removal of superfluous
Hams, recipes for curing and cooking
Hares, varieties of
  See Rabbits
Harte, Walter, Essays on Husbandry by
  on alfalfa
  quoted
Hartlib, Samuel
  quoted
  on pasture vs. arable land
Harvester, ancient forerunners of the modern

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