Cato^s Farm Management 



the reed are brought slowly together 

 in front of you. Meanwhile, wave a 

 knife above the reeds, and when they 

 come together and one touches the 

 other, seize them in your hand and 

 cut them right and left. These pieces 

 of reed bound upon a dislocated or 

 fractured bone will cure it. 



But every day repeat the incanta- 

 tion, or in place of it this one: 



Huat Hanat Huat 

 1st a Pista Sista 

 Domiabo Damnaustra ^ 



Of Curing Hams 

 (CLXll) This is the way to cure 

 hams in jars or tubs : When you have 

 bought your hams trim off the hocks. 

 Take a half peck (semodius) of 

 ground Roman salt for each ham. 



1 These examples will serve to illustrate how far 

 Cato's veterinary science was behind his agricul- 

 ture, and what a curious confusion of native good 

 sense and traditional superstition there was in his 

 method of caring for his live stock. On questions of 

 preventing malady he had the wisdom of experience, 

 but malady once arrived he was a simple pagan. 



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