Mommsen, quoted
Montesquieu, quoted
Moon, influence of, on agriculture
Moryson, Fynes, quoted
Mosquitoes, perception by Varro of damages from
Mules, remarks on foaling by
  uses, care of, etc. 
Murray, Gilbert, translation of Euripides by
Must cake
Myers, F.W.H., cited

N

Neat cattle, buying, breeding, feeding, etc. 
Neighbourhood, considerations of, in locating farm
Neighbours, treatment of one’s
Nummus, a “nickel,”
Nundinum, the Roman week
Nurseries, protection of
Nuts, eating preserved

O

Oaks, effect of, on olive trees
Oboerati, class of bondservants called
Ocinum, basil
Oil, manufacture of, from olives
Oil-making implements
Olive farm, number of hands for working an
Olives, allowances of, for
  farm hands
  reasons for growth in Attica
  effect of oaks in neighbourhood of
  advice on planting
  propagating from truncheons
  harvesting of
  methods of preserving
  eating preserved
Olive salad
Onager, wild ass
Orchards
  laying out and planting of
  olive
Ornithones
  See Aviaries
Ortolans, houses for keeping
Overseer
  duties of the
  location of room of
Ovid, quoted
Oxen
  selling of worn-out
  comparison of horses and
  care of hoofs of
  treatment of sick
  number of, suitable for a farm
  qualities of, to be considered
  breaking of
  respect in which held by ancient Romans

P

Palladius
  quoted
  on the Gallic harvester
Palma, palm
Partridges
Pastures
  care of
  vs. arable land
Pate de foie gras, known and prized by Romans
Peacocks, discussion of
Perfumes among the Romans
Persius, cited
Petrarch
  on Varro
  on the loss of Varro’s books
Philippus, L. Marcius
Pigeon houses
Pigeons
  manure of
  kinds and care of
Pigs, weanling, called “sacred”
Planting
  field crops
  olives
  vines
  time of
Plants
  four methods of propagating
  transplanting
  cuttage
  graftage
  inarching
  time for using different methods of propagation
  mechanical action of
Plautus
  Menaechmi of
  quoted
Plautius
Pleasure as a main purpose of agriculture
Pliny
  quoted
  use of marl as manure noted by
  on the Gallic harvester
  cited
Pliny the Younger, study in garden of
Ploughing, importance of thorough
  of rotten land
Plough land, as distinguished from corn land
Polecats
Pollio, Asinius, library at Rome founded by
Polybius, quoted
Pome fruits, storing
Pomegranates, preserving
Poultry, kinds, feeding, and care of
Poultry houses
Protection of nurseries and meadows
Prothero, quoted
Punning, Varro’s use of
Pythagoras