Vere sationes quae fiunt, terram rudem proscindere oportet, quae sunt ex ea enata, priusquam ex iis quid seminis cadat, ut sint exradicata; et simul glaebis ab sole percalefactis aptiores facere ad accipiendum imbrem et ad opus faciliores relaxatas; neque eam minus binis arandum, ter melius.
For the spring plantings the untilled ground should be broken up so that the weeds which have sprung from it may be rooted up before any seed falls from them; and at the same time, when the clods have been thoroughly dried by the sun, to make them more accessible to the rain and easier to work when they have been thus broken up; and there should be not less than two ploughings, and preferably three.
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