Scope and Contents A short treatise on agriculture. In the introduction the author, who does not wish to disclose his name, states that he undertook the work at the desire of some person unnamed, and at the time of writing he was reduced to extreme poverty, so much so that he could not afford to obtain proper paper to write upon. Further, he laments the state of misgovernment into which his country has fallen, and attributes it to the appointment of princes to various provinces, who, entrusting their duties to...