VI 



CHAP. Pase 



32. The several kinds of chick-pease 46 



33. The kidney-bean 47 



34. The rape ib. 



35. The turnip 48 



36. The lupine 49 



37. The vetch 51 



38. The fitch ib. 



39. Silicia ib. 



40. Secale or asia . . 52 



41. Farrago: the cracca . . ib. 



42. Ocinum : ervilia ib. 



43. Lucerne 53 



44. The diseases of grain : the oat 54 



45. The best remedies for the diseases of grain 57 



46. The crops that should be sown in the different soils 59 



47. The different systems of cultivation employed by various nations 60 



48. The various kinds of ploughs 62 



49. The mode of ploughing ib. 



50. The methods of harrowing, stubbing, and hoeing, employed for 



each description of grain. The use of the harrow . . . . 66 



51. Extreme fertility of soil 67 



52. The method of sowing more than once in the year , 68 



53. The manuring of land ib. 



54. How to ascertain the quality of seed 69 



55. What quantity of each kind of grain is requisite for sowing a 



jugerum 71 



56. The proper times for sowing 72 



57. Arrangement of the stars according to the terrestrial days and 



nights 74 



58. The rising and setting of the stars 77 



59. The epochs of the seasons . . . . 78 



60. The proper time for winter sowing 79 



61. "When to sow the leguminous plants and the poppy 81 



62. Work to be done in the country in each month respectively . . ib. 



63. Work to be done at the winter solstice . . . . 82 



64. Work to be done between the winter solstice and the prevalence 



of the west winds 83 



65. Work to \R, done between the prevalence of the west winds and 



the vernal eqtwiox 84 



66. Work to be done aftei the vernal equinox 86 



67. Work to be done after tht rising of the Vergilise : hay-making , 88 



68. The summer solstice 9'J 



69. Causes of sterility 97 



70. Remedies against these noxious infkences 101 



71. Work to be done after the summer solace 102 



72. The harvest . . . . 103 



73. The methods of storing corn 104 



74. The vintage, and the works of autumn 107 



75. The revolutions of the moon Ill 



