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You must now sow vetch, lentils, chick-peas, the 

 bitter vetch, and other plants which some call 

 leguminay others, as some Gallic farmers, legarica^ 

 both words being derived from legere (to gather), 

 because these are not cut, but '* gathered" by 

 plucking. 



You must hoe your old vineyards a second time, 

 the new ones a third, if by that time there are any 

 clods remaining. 



CHAPTER XXXIII 



THE FIFTH PERIOD 



In the fifth period, between the rising of the Dog 

 Star and the autumnal equinox, the straw must 

 be cut down and stacked, the second ploughing 

 done, the trees cleared of superfluous leaves, and 

 the second crop cut on the meadows which are 

 irrigated. 



CHAPTER XXXIV 



THE SIXTH PERIOD 



I In the sixth period, our authors state, sowing 



should be begun at the autumnal equinox, and 



may go on for ninety-one days; but after the winter 



'^ solstice you should not sow unless compelled by 



