LUCIUS JUNIUS 

 MODERATUS COLUMELLA 



ON AGRICULTURE 



IN THREE VOLUMES 



I 



RES RUSTICA I-IV 



WITH A RECENSION OF THE TEXT AND AN 

 ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY 



HARRISON BOYD ASH, Ph.D. 



ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OP LATIN, UNI\'ERSITT OF PENNSTLVAKIA 



CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 



HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 



LONDON 



WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD 



MCMLX 



