Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-10
THE FARM
The Garden.-.The Orchard.
From the Pennsylvania Farm Journal.
influence of the Moon ON Agriculture

the influence of the Moon on certain objects.
have been farming for myself forty-seyen
years, and have watched the signs Of the moon
fully TO satisfy myself
In the first place, what influence has the
moon in cutting timber, About forty years
ago one of our neighbors put up two or three
hundred panels Of post fence twenty years
after, the fence was good; there was great
inquiring when the timber was cut; it was
said To be cut IN the dark of the February
moon. cut posts and rails in that sign, put
up my fence, and in eight years ii was rotten.
The sons OF the man who put up the above
mentioned fence say, It could not have been
in February the timber was cut, for they re-
whistles while their father was cuttIng'I,; they
say it was in May. l know by experience
that timber cut in May Will last twice as long
as that cut in February, without respec, 10
the sap flows up out of the wood and gathers
under the bark and in ii; so that timber cut
in MAY is not subject 10 the rottlng influence
of the sap, which in February or the winter
time has returned into The wood filing every
pore. Some think the sap goes down into
the roots of the trees IN winter, which IS evil
IDENTIFY not so; for cut tree IN the dead of win
ter. let 1t be until Mey il will then peel of its
bark almost as well as if it had been cut after
the sap begins to flow; which proves that the
sap lies embedded in the wood during winter
and timber cut when il is IN that State Is
subject TO rot, or be eaten with worms.
had fair trial Of cutting hickory III the
new of the moon ; the dry spring, ten years
ago, | had grove of hickory saplingS which
| cut in March abont the time was finish
ing, cooper came along, wishing me to let
him cut some hoop poles on the mountain
land he said, two days more the moon would
full, and any cut after that the worms would
destroy. told him my disbelief in 1t, bu,
said 10 him, have just hit the time in cutting
my hickory poles, for they have all been cut
in the new moon. In August, hauled them
off; they were dry and hard piled them two
or three wagon loads in place. In the win
ter hauled them away, and there could have
been bushels Of worm-dust gathered under the
pile; they were 50 much destroyed in five or
six loads ! Could not get SO much Of pole as
would make sound wedge. There was
large hickory left standing until May; then
GU; il; some of that tree lay out for four or
FIVE years and no worms ever touched it, So
4 1 90 IL, ,t,.
we should look to the flowing of the sap as q
good time to cut timber.
IL has been said that there are two DAYS in
August, in which if briers or sprouts are cut,
kill briers to cut them in August, from the
act, the weather then is warm and dry, the
Driers in full growth, and full of sap, which
;ours; this, with the heat and dryness Of that
season of the year, il being too late for vege
alton To start again. gives the brier but little
chance for life but it is in no particular days,
,r the moon. As for sprouting on those two
lays in August, when first heard Of 1t, had
seven acres of new land, off Of which no crop
lad been taken; there were great many
sprouts on it had il well sprotted on those
wo days. but when came TO seed in Septeu-
Der there were sprouts from six 10 nine inches
ons, three to one had cut of in August.
Now for the horns of the moon being up and
Town, what effect has it la this have had
;ome experience. laid a stone on the grass
rhen the horns Of the moon were uP,and when
hey were down laid another some months
liter lifted them and if there was any differ l
nee, the one laid down first (althoush the
effect of the upturncd horns of the
noon keeps from sinking was sunk most.
fhe cause of anything sinking or not sinking
vhcn laid on the ground, is owing 20 the state
f the ground; lay anything down when the
round is wet, ari it viii Kill the grass and sod
nd sink good distance in the ground
whereas, if il be lad whcn the ground is dry
nd hard, it will not kill the grass for great
rhle, nor sink much i'll the ground Get the .
orns be either pulling up or down) by OBJ
crving a little, this effect may be seen bythc
armer in harvest; in shocking grain If the
round be wet, the shock will kill the cloves,
e dry. the shock may stand long time and
nd it will be found that the clover
Tirl be alive and growing once spread ma
ure on meadow after heavy ram; the
nm came very warn, and in few DAYS The
lanure was sticking on the top of the grass
he mushrooms the sun dried the moisture
ut of the manure. ii became very light and
ic fast growing grass lifted ii uP, moi the ur
prncd horns of the moon.
In lavng the worm Of Il fence ehon the
ornS cf the moon are uV,tc keep it fiom sink
NJ. and to stake rider when they are dovn
keep ii down in drivin; shingles when the
urns are down in setting posts when they
re mp 10 make the post keep its place. how
dculous. II the moon had these supposed
n,cts, would il not be absurd to plant. reap
build, in any Of the signs for II would be
n alternate pulling up and down As the moon
nothing at last.
am now seventy years old, and do not
ink have had an increase If one ear Of
,rn or grain Of wheat, through the influence
the moon in sowing or planting in its signs.
here are people IN this county who hook 10
| The signs i'll the almanac fot some purpose.
AN not see anything in scripture az reason
make me believe that there Is ANYTHING III
cm. The scriptures speak eftllins the son.
diyrinc and manurinc and the huShandman Z