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.
Harvest time
Hay, harvesting the
  storing of
Haymaking
Health, location of farm steading with regard to
Healthfulness of farms, importance of
Hedges, myrtle
Heliotrope, habits of the
Hens
Herd dogs
Heresbach, Conrad, cited
Herrick, Robert, quoted
Hesiod
  quoted and cited
Hinnies
Hives for bees, location and structure
  inventors of modern devices
Hogs
Homer, quoted
  on use of mules
Honey, Sicilian and Corsican
  profits from
  removal of, from hive
Honeycomb, structure of the
Horace, cited
  quoted
Horses, oxen vs.
  manure of
  breeding, feeding, care of, etc
House for residence on farm
Housekeeper, duties of the

I

Ibn-al-Awam, book of agriculture by
Implements, farming
Inarching, propagation by
Incantations as cures
Interamna, town of
Iowa, farming in Bavaria and
Italy, agriculture in modern

J

Johnson, Samuel, on Harte’s Husbandry
  quoted on Shenstone
Joigneaux, P., on yields of wine in France
Jones, W.H., on malaria in the Roman Campagna
Jugerum, defined
Jugum, defined
Jungle fowl

K

Kames, Lord, quoted
Keil, quoted
  cited
Keller, cited
Kitab al-felahah of Ibn-al-Awam

L

Labourers, agricultural
Lanciani, cited
Land, effect of conformation of, on agriculture
Leaves as fodder for cattle
Legumes, soil improvement with
  storing
Leporaria
Library, public, at Rome
Literature of farm management, ancient
Live stock, feeding
  care of
  origin and importance of husbandry of
  See Cattle
Lombardy, agriculture in ancient and modern

M

Machiavelli, quoted
Maeterlinck, quoted on dogs
  on the antique lore of bees
  on the mathematics of the honeycomb
  on the queen bee’s life
  on the nearness of the bee-stand to the dwelling-house
Mago the Carthagenian, treatise on farm management by
  quoted
  Varro’s account of
Maison Rustique, cited and quoted
Malaria in Roman Campagna
Manure, preparation of
  best kinds of
Manure pits, arrangement of
Manuring, importance of
  green
Maremma sheep dogs
Mares, use of, for war horses
  milk of
Market day among the Romans
Marl, use of, as manure
Marrying the vine
Martial, quotation from
Meadows, protection of
  irrigated, of Lombardy
Measurement of land, units of area used in
Mile, the Roman
Military fences
Milk and milking, advice on
Minerval, a
Mitchell, Donald G.

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