Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1858 — THE MOON. [ARTICLE]

THE MOON.

tye do not believe in the old grandam’e notion of having one’s hair cut, laying rail fence, weaning babies and getting married during a certain stage of the moon. But the following has a philosophical probabilily: “The electricity, supplied by the reflected light of the moon during her increase is more positive; during her decrease, more negative. Hence fruit trees should be pruned and vegetables growing above ground, should be sown, &c., between the first quarter and the full moon, to thrive best. Esculent roots, potatoes, set., thrive best planted in the decrease of the moon.”