Igitur asinorum gregem qui facere vult bonum, primum videndum ut mares feminasque bona aetate sumat, utrique ut quam diutissime fructum ferre possint; firmos, omnibus partibus honestos, corpore amplo, seminio bono, ex his locis, unde optumi exeunt, quod faciunt Peloponnesi cum potissimum eos ex Arcadia emant, in Italia ex agro Reatino.
One who wishes, then, to start a good herd of asses should first be careful to get males and females of the proper age, so that they both may continue to bring in a profit as long as possible. They should be sturdy, sound in all parts, full-bodied, of good stock, and from those districts from which the best come; this is a point considered by those breeders in Peloponnesus who, by preference, buy in Arcadia, and those in Italy who buy in the neighbourhood of Reate.
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