Nebraska advertiser., 1863-09-12
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the noon on animals or corps, nccor-
dinghy as it may be in this or that ''sign
of the Zodiac That it may have some
meteorological effect in its varied posi-
ton and CONNECTIONS with other planets is
probable, but how or where in, the science
and ingenuity Of man has not yet ascer.
tanned to any degree of certainty.
Be this as in may, the "full moon of
August has become. either through OBJ
servation or tradition, or both. quite an
epoch in agricultural operations. Cut
your bushes during the full moon In
August and they will never sprout again,
saws many a gray-headed veteran Of the
pillow. Look out for cool weather, and
perhaps a frost at the full moon in
August, says old weather-wise, who has
been noting the signs and changes of the
times and seasons for The last three score
and ten years. Look out for high tides
during the full moon in August, says
the eancient mariner" who has learned
that when the sun and moon get their
broad faces smiling toward each other,
Old Neptune throws up a big swell Of the
ocean. Now, whatever may be the the
cries framed to account for aGy occur
rences, either regular or accidental, facts
should be attended to and practices per-
tanning to operations connected with
them performed in accordance with the
teachings of such facts. Let Us examine
some of the facts connected with the full
neon in August.
lst. In regard to cutting bushes and
timber. That bushes cut at this partic-
ular period viii not sprout again is not
exactly true. But they will not sprout
so readily, and grow so vigorously as
they would if cut in the winter or spring.
The reason of this undoubtly is this:
Trees and shrubs have their time of grow
ing and their time Of repose. When
they get into leaf their trunks or stems,
their branches and buds have a greater
preponderance or share of sap than the
roots, nor is there so much fully pre-
pared albumen In the sap wood as there
is late in the fall and during the winter
and spring. Any bushes, therefore, or
trees, cut down at this period have the
bulk of-their fluids in the upper and
more external parts, and hense less is
left in the lower parts and the roots, and
that is not fully elaborate, and therefore,
the material for exciting new sprouts is
greatly diminished, and in some cases
fails altogether.
This is not so much the work of the
full moon in August as. The full u in
August and previous months. If,
however, the period of full moon In
August marks a convenient date or
period, when the sap and fluids are in
the proper position and condition TO en-
sure death or a crippled and starved state
of the roots, thereby inducing less activ-
ity and greater chance of death to them,
there is no harm in so using it.
In regard to cutting timber during
this period in order to ensure greater
durability, it undoubtedly is the case,
according to the testimony of many OBJ
serving mechanics. If timber be cut at
this period and stripped of Its bark or
hewed, the sap being watery and the
albumen not having been fully formed
and deposited in the sap wood, evapo-
rates quickly and the woody fibre is
more free from substances that would
bring on decomposition and, therefore,
be much more durable. On the contrary
timber cut in the winter or spring has
its sap-wood and some other organs full
of well prepared albumen and sometimes
saccharine matter. These substances
are always ready, when favorable cir
cumstances of warmth and moisture offer,
to start into fermentation and the timber
speedily decays.
I'd. In regard to there being a "cold
snap" during the full moon IN August,
we incline to the belief that it is true
As TO the cause of 1t we are not SO well
posted, and we leave it to meteorOlogists
to ascertain wheather the moon at this
date is really guilty of producing it, or
whether there are other plants involved
in the deed and are mischivous enough to
throw their roguery on poor Mrs. Moon
who has TO bear it, together with many
other sins of which she is innocent.
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