Bakewell, breeding of sheep by Barbers, the first, in Italy Barn yards, arrangement of Barrows, hogs called Bavaria, agriculture in Iowa contrasted with that in Beans, use of, for green manuring storing Beauclerk, W.N., on agriculture in modern Italy quoted Bees, eggs of unfertilized queen the keeping of theories concerning generation of treatises on, by ancient writers habits and houses of money to be made from location of stands for food for; structure and care of hives kinds of selection of moving swarming of removal of honey general care of Benson, William, edition of _Georgics_ by, quoted Birds, manure of Blackbirds, houses for keeping Blackstone, opinion by, cited Bleat, etymology of word Blood, use of, in composts Boars, advice concerning altering; wild Boissier, Gaston quoted and cited _Boke of Husbandry_, Fitzherbert's Bologna sausages Bones, remedy for injuries to Borden, Spencer, _The Arab Horse_ by, quoted Boundaries, protection of farm Buffon, quotations from cited Bugs, recipe for exterminating Buildings on farm C Cabbage, Cato's advocacy of the planting seeding Cakes, recipes for Calendar of agricultural operations Capons, chickens called method of caponizing cocks _Caprae_, goats, derivation of word _Capreolus_, a spiral tendril Cascate delle Marmore Casinum, Varro's estate of Cassius, quoted Cassius Dionysius Cat, the modern household, unknown to Varro Cato, Marcus Porcius the _De re rustica_ of literary style of, compared with Varro Cats, contrasted with dogs in relations with man Cattle, leaves as fodder for feeding of care of number and selection of, for a farm honour paid to, in naming Zodiacal signs and the constellations advice on breeding and feeding number of, to be kept advice on neat cattle _Centuria_, defined Chaff, derivation of word Cheese, varieties and qualities of Cheese cake Chestnuts as food in Italy Child, R., quoted Cicero, quoted concerning Varro verse from Cleaning grain Clement-Mullet, J.J., translation by Climate, choice of, in buying a farm connection between conformation of land and Clover, advice on seeding Coburn, book on alfalfa by Colours of horses, significance of Columella cited on ploughing rules about the compost heap on soil improvement with legumes on dangers from mosquitoes on alfalfa quoted _Comedy of Errors_, origin of Compost heap, rules concerning the Concrete, fences of Conformation of land, effect of, on agriculture Constellations, names of cattle given to Coots Corn, structure of plant storing _See_ Grain Corn land as distinguished from plough land Corsican honey Cotton seed, utilization of Country life, antiquity of Cowper and Cowley, lines by Crescenzi, Pietro, cited Cultivating time Curing hams Cuttage of plants Cyrrhestes, Tower of the Winds built by D