Well, said
 Socrates 
 in reply, Mem. I. iv. 15; iv. iii. 12.
 Cyrop. I. vi. 46. I thought
 you knew, Critobulus, that the operations of
 husbandry no less than those of war are in the hands
 of the gods. And you observe, I suppose, that men
 engaged in war try to propitate the gods before
 taking action; and with sacrifices and omens seek to
 know what they ought to do and what they ought not
 to do; 
 and for the business of husbandry do you think it less
 necessary to ask the blessing of the gods? Know of a
 surety that right-minded men offer prayer for fruits
 and crops and cattle and horses and sheep, aye and
 for all that they possess.