# Res Rustica 7.1.2

Columella, Res Rustica, Book 7, Chapter 1. Latin.

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Tum imprudentis custodis negligentiam fortissime sustinet: plagarum et penuriae tolerantissimus: propter quae tardius deficit, quam ullum aliud armentum. Nam laboris et famis maxime patiens raro morbis afficitur. Huius animalis tam exiguae tutelae plurima et necessaria opera supra portionem respondent, cum et facilem terram qualis in Baetica totaque Libye sit levibus aratris proscindat, et

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Columella, Res Rustica, ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, E.S. Forster, Edward H. Heffner, E. S. Forster. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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