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