Dante, quotation from Darwin, Charles, _Animals and Plants_ by quoted on dormice Dates, eating preserved _Denarius_, value of the Dennis, _Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria_ by, quoted _De re rustica_, Cato's Desmolins, Edmond, cited Dickson, Andrew, quoted cited Diophanes of Bithynia Disease in cattle, and remedies Dislocations of bones, remedy for Dogs, watch herd Donaldson's _Agricultural Biography_, quoted Dondlinger, _Book of Wheat_ by, quoted Dormice, enclosures for, feeding, etc. Draining period for Draught animals on farm number and choice of Dry farming Ducks, housing, care of, etc. Dunghill fowl Dusting yard for poultry E Eggs, the first course in Roman dinners barren number for setting preserving Elm trees, planting of for marking boundaries Endive, as food for geese Ensilage, question of use of, by ancients Equipment of a farm F Fallow, as managed by the Romans Farm, buying a laying out of the stocking the as a source of both profit and pleasure effect of conformation of the land effect of character of the soil Farm hands, allowances for selection, treatment, number of, etc., _Farrago_, mixed fodder as food for geese Feast days, observance of Feed racks, construction of Fences Ferrero, cited Field crops, planting of Figs, season for propagating eating preserved Fining the soil Fishes, feeding and care of Fish ponds fresh-water and salt-water number of, on one estate Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony quoted; cited on combining two kinds of husbandry on greasing of sheep Flock masters, duties of Forage, derivation from _farrago_ Forage crops Foremen of farm hands, qualifications of Fowl. _See_ Poultry Fowler, _Social Life at Rome_ by, quoted France, yields of wine in Freemen as agricultural labourers Fruits, preserving time for using stored Furlong, derivation of G Game preserves Gauls, pre-eminence of, in growing and making of pork high qualities as shepherds Geese, selection of, breeding, care, etc. Geldings, horses called _Geoponica_, the; cited _Georgics_, Virgil's, passages based on information from Varro Gestation, periods of Gleaning of grain fields _Gluma_, etymology of word Goats, as foes of agriculture characteristics, breeding and handling milk of; use of hair and skins of; shearing of Googe, Barnaby, translation of Heresbach by Graftage of plants Grain, advice on seeding storing of cleaning, when taken out of storage time for marketing Granaries, varieties of _Granum_, etymology of word Grapes, harvesting of advice on storing Grapevines, trellises and props for Grazing, to be distinguished from agriculture Greek writers on agriculture Green manuring Guano Guinea fowl H