Agrasius, Si istuc ita est, inquit, quo modo pecus removeri potest ab agro, cum stercus, quod plurimum prodest, greges pecorum ministrent? Sic, inquit Agrius, venalium greges dicemus agri culturam esse, si propter istam rem habendum statuerimus.
If that is so, replied Agrasius, how can cattle be kept off the land, when manure, which enhances its value very greatly, is supplied by the herds? By that method of reasoning, retorted Agrius, we may assert that slave-trading is a branch of agriculture, if we decide to keep a gang for that purpose
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