Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1896 — What Foolish Superstitions. [ARTICLE]

What Foolish Superstitions.

It was developed during a farmers institute at Rochester, tl lat the agriculturists consult the moon’s phases a great deal, believing ths.t Luna exerts much influence over their harvests. One man stated that he always sowed clover seed in tho “dark” of the moon, so that the plants would root down and withs tand the drough. Another said he wanted to “sign” the loins so that the dry would not “slobber” his horses. A lady informed the audienee tha t it would be better to delay moving a- month than risk changing houses whi m the moon was on the wane; It was: aisorstated that, the toughest sod if 1 aimed over m the dark of the moon would imm.ediately rot.