surement of land, units of area used in
Mile, the Roman
Military fences
Milk and milking, advice on
Minerval, a
Mitchell, Donald G.
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 Ro