Sacred pigs Salad, olive Salt, allowance of, for farm hands _Saltus_, defined Salutations, Greek, as used by Romans Saserna, as a writer on agriculture quoted on number of farm hands necessary on securing allegiance of dogs Sausages Scab among sheep and cattle Scratches in horses, remedy for Scratching pen for hens _Scripulum_, defined Scrofa, Tremelius origin of name Sea birds, manure of Seasons, agricultural Seed, selection of Seed bed, preparing the Sellar, cited Seneca, on Virgil's farming _Sestertius_, value of the Sheep, value of, for their manure buying of feeding, breeding, and care of shearing of Sheep dogs Shepherds, distinguished from farmers number and kind of, requisite purchase of slaves for life of Sicilian honey Silos Size of farm Slaves, selling of old and sick importance of food to contentment of selection of, for farm hands number of, for operating a farm buying, to act as shepherds Snails, recipe for preparing cooked method of keeping in enclosures varieties of fattening of Snakebite, remedy for Soil, improvement of effect of character of, on agriculture different kinds of fining the Solar measure of year Solomon, quotation on ploughing from Sour land, treatment of Sowing, period for Spring ploughing Squabs Stables for live stock Steading, building a husbandry of the development of the industries of the Stamen, etymology of Stocking a farm Storing crops Strabo, inventor of aviaries cited Straw, derivation of word Swine, selecting, feeding, breeding, etc. T Tarquinii, ancient Etruscan city Taylor, John, _Arator_ by, quoted Teals Teeth, telling age of animals by the _Terra_, different senses of word Thales of Miletus Thebes, derivation of name Theophrastus, works by cited quoted on honey of Corsica Thessalian horses Thinning vines Threshing Threshing floor, the Thrushes, profits from houses for keeping Tillage, advice on Time, standards of the Roman week Tools, farming Toulouse, production of pâté de foie gras in Transplanting Transportation, importance of ease of Trellises in vineyards Trumpet, training hogs to obey sound of assembling wild boars and roebucks by the Tull, Jethro Turkeys, fattening effect of introduction into Europe, on geese Turtle doves, housing and care of V Varro, Marcus Terentius the _Rerum Rusticarum_ of works of, besides _Rerum Rusticarum_, activities of, in war against pirates estate and museum of Vegetable gardens _Versus_, the, defined Vetch, derivation of name Veterinary science of ancient Romans Villa, discussion of the Roman Vines, for marking farm boundaries advice on planting thinning Vineyards, the maintenance of implements for Vintage, work of the Virgil indebtedness of, to Varro formula for testing sour land by advice on ploughing cited on colours of horses Vitruvius, quoted on Cyrrhestes' Tower of the Winds W