Re: PIE's closest relatives

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" >

> I meant with the English word 'agriculture', as opposed

to 'farming'

> which also includes the raising of livestock. The 'ram' (sort of)
> words you gave seem relatively free from the problems you refer

to,

> but are not terms relating to 'agriculture' as a subset of general
> farming.
>

...

> Richard.

Did the 'agricolae' of Roman times only raise crops?

My Funk and Wagnall's (maybe not the best dictionary) for
agriculture says, "the cultivation of the soil; the raising of food
crops; raising and breeding of live-stock..."

Peter P