the composting of the rubbish of a farm. The foundation of their agriculture was the fallow and one finds them constantly using it as a simile — in the advice not to breed a mare every year, as in that not to exact too much tribute from a bee hive. Ovid even warns a lover to allow fallow seasons to intervene in his courtship. See also Agriculture in ancient Greece Roman agriculture History of agriculture History of agricultural science References Attribution: Further reading H. Beckh, "De Geoponicorum codicibus manuscriptis" in Acta seminarii philologici Erlangensis vol. 4 (1886) pp. 268–70. Adam Dickson. The husbandry of the Ancients 1788. E. Fehrle, Richtlinien zur Textgestaltung der griechischen Geoponica. Heidelberg 1920. John A. C. Greppin, "The Armenians and the Greek Geoponica" in Byzantion vol. 57 (1987) pp. 46–55. A. Paul de Lagarde, Geoponicon in sermonem syriacum versorum quae supersunt. Leipzig: Teubner, 1860. E. Oder, "Beiträge zur Geschichte der Landwirthschaft bei den Griechen" in Rheinisches Museum vol. 45 (1890) pp. 58–98, 202–22, vol. 48 (1893) pp. 1–40.