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  • Roman Farm Management: The Treatises Of Cato And Varro

    by Marcus Porcius Cato And Marcus Terentius Varro ...
    Roman Farm Management: The Treatises Of Cato And Varro presents a detailed guide to agricultural practice built from practical instruction, observation, and rural philosophy. The work explains how successful farming depends on discipline, planning, and careful supervision of land, labor, and resources. It describes methods for organizing estates, maintaining tools, managing workers, and selecting ... Read more

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  • Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro

    by Marcus Porcius Cato ...
    Marcus Porcius Cato (234 BC, Tusculum – 149 BC) was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Major, Cato the Elder, or Cato the Censor, to distinguish him from his great-grandson, Cato the Younger.His manual on running a farm (De Agricultura or "On Farming")contained herein is his only work that survives completely. It is a ... Read more

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  • Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro

    by Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Terentius Varro ...
    "Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro" presents the agricultural wisdom of two prominent Roman figures, Cato and Varro. Cato, known for his practical approach, emphasizes the importance of efficient farming techniques and the management of resources. His treatise offers insights into crop cultivation, livestock care, and the economic aspects of running a farm. Varro, on the other ... Read more

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  • Cato on Farming

    De Agriculture

    by Marcus Cato ...
    Translated by Andrew Dalby ...
    The first recipes to have survived in Latin, from the 2nd century BC, it is a particularly important resource. Cato wrote the earliest surviving complete work of Latin prose literature. It was this treatise: a book of instruction about the cultivation of vines, olives and fruit, the management of slaves and contract labour, the rituals consequent on ownership and even cookery for humans and the ... Read more

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  • Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro

    Enriched edition. Ancient Roman Agricultural Wisdom: Insights from Cato and Varro

    by Marcus Terentius Varro, Marcus Porcius Cato, Arden Whitlowe ...
    Translated by Fairfax Harrison ...
    Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro offers a profound exploration into the agricultural practices of ancient Rome, reflecting the broader societal and economic framework of the period. This anthology compiles a range of writings that encapsulate the methodologies and philosophies of Roman agriculture. Through detailed prescriptions on farm operation, from crop cultivation to ... Read more

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  • The Art of Farming: 20 Classic Books on Farm Practices

    Classic Wisdom on Soil, Crops, Livestock, and Rural Life Across Cultures and Centuries

    by C. L. Goodrich, T. D. Curtis, Gilbert Livingstone Wilson, Waheenee, Alva Agee, Brittain B. Robinson, William Budington Duryee, William Bevan, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Joseph Harris, Charles Morton Aikman, Frank Lincoln Stevens, Charles William Burkett, Daniel Harvey Hill, Edward J. Wickson, Marcus Terentius Varro, Marcus Porcius Cato, Deborah Takiff Smith, Horace Greeley, Edmund Morris, C. C. James, Miss Coulton, James H. Stephenson, James H. Maggard ...
    The Art of Farming gathers twenty classic texts into a capacious history of agricultural thought, moving from ancient husbandry to modern experiments in soils, crops, livestock, orchards, and rural economy. Its pages range across practical manuals, scientific instruction, memoir-like observation, and reformist argument, revealing farming as both technical craft and social art. The inclusion of ... Read more

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    “Keeping Poultry And Rabbits On Scraps” is an extensively illustrated guide to keeping rabbits and chickens, with a special focus on doing so as cheaply as possible. The first half of the book explains how the maximum number of eggs can be obtained from the minimum amount of imported food, while the second half aims to give practical instructions and tips. This book will appeal to those with an ... Read more

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  • Agriculture for Beginners

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  • The Chemical Technology of Textile Fibres - Their Origin, Structure, Preparation, Washing, Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing and Dressing

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