Cato's Farm Management 



summon your overseer the next day, 

 and should call for a report of what 

 work has been done in good season 

 and why it has not been possible to 

 complete the rest, and what wine and 

 corn and other crops have been gath- 

 ered. When you are advised on these 

 points you should make your own 

 calculation of the time necessary for 

 the work, if there does not appear to 

 you to have been enough accom- 

 plished. The overseer will report that 

 he himself has worked diligently, but 

 that some slaves have been sick and 

 others truant, the weather has been 

 bad, and that it has been necessary 

 to work the public roads. When he 

 has given these and many other ex- 

 cuses, you should recall to his atten- 

 tion the program of work which you 

 had laid out for him on your last 

 visit and compare it with the results 

 attained. If the weather has been 

 bad, count how many stormy days 

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