BOOK II. XII. 3-5 



cultivation ; this likewise is harrowed in one day, and 

 harvested in one day — the total amounting to [three 

 or] four days' work. Five modii of bitter vetch are 

 sown in the same number of days, harrowed in one 

 day, and also hoed, weeded, and harvested in one day 

 each — the total making up six days. Six or seven 

 modii of fenugreek " are put in the ground with the 

 same number of days' labour, and are harvested in 

 one day. Four 7nodii of cow-peas are put under 

 ground in the same number of days, are harrowed in 

 one day, and harvested in one. Four modii of 4 

 chickling-vetch or of the small chick-pea require three 

 days' work of the ploughmen; they are harrowed in 

 one day, weeded in one, and pulled in one — the total 

 amounting to six days of work. A modius and a half of 

 lentil is covered in the same number of days, harrowed 

 in one, hoed in two, weeded in one, and pulled in one 

 — the total coming to eight days' work. Ten modii 

 of lupine are covered in one day, harrowed in one, 

 and harvested in one. Four sextarii of millet and the 

 same amount of panic take up four days' labour of the 

 ploughmen, are harrowed in three days, and hoed in 

 three ; the number of days for gathering is not fixed. 

 Three modii of the chick-pea are sown in the same 5 

 number of days, harrowed in two days, hoed in one, 

 weeded in one, and pulled in three— a total of 

 eleven days' work. Eight or ten modii of flaxseed are 

 sown with four days' ploughing, harrowed with three 

 days' work, weeded with one, and pulled with three — 

 the total amounting to eleven days' work. Six sextarii 

 of sesame are cared for with three days' ploughing 

 after the first breaking of the ground, four days of 



" Siliqua; cf. II. 10. 33. 



