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[33] Faenum Graecum, quod siliquam vocant rustici, duo tempora sationum habet, quorum alterum est Septembris mensis, cum pabuli causa seritur, isdem 1 2 3 [p. 178] diebus, quibus vicia circa aequinoctium, alterum autem mensis Ianuarii ultimi vel primi Februarii, cum in semen4seminatur; sed hac satione iugerum sex modiis, illa septem occupamus. Utraque cruda terra non incommode fit, daturque opera ut spisse aretur, nec tamen alte, nam si plus quattuor digitis adobrutum est semen eius, non facile prodit; propter quod non nulli prius quam serant, minimis aratris proscindunt atque ita iaciunt semina et sarculis adobruunt. 5
1 satio R, edd. ante Schn.
2 quae autumno sata partim (sed qua autumno sata partim in marg. A man. ait.) om. et post viret inserunt SA.
3 partim semini custoditur om. SA. a Farrago is defined by Varro (R.R. I. 31. 5) as a mixture of barley, vetch, and legumes for green feed; cf. Pliny, N.H. XVIII. 142.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 1. Harrison Boyd Ash. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1940. Keyboarding.
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