The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-05-31
farm aud alousrIolG.


The Moons nn0uence.
His a question of comparatively little
imporiauco TO acountry farmer, whether, IN
his opinion, the sun gocS around the earth,
w tho earth around the sun. lInt IL is
matter Of NO little iucrnvcu'cucc 20 be com.
pelled 10 postpone planting, seeding, and
harvesting uutil now, lull or ol moan, rs
the case may be, foolslly supposing that
the moon IL an arbtrr Of storms. or an unt-
pire Of aunshirc. This then Is the present
point of inquiry--Dpes the moon exercise
any influence hpon vegetation OF upon the
weathorY We iiud this question most sat.
isfactorily answered by tho celebrated DR..
I.ardnsr, as follows;
ain many meteorological observations
throughout Europe. o register of the wealth.
or IN all respects has. been kort Tor long
period Of time. Thus tho height OF the
barometer, the condition of the thcrmom-
tier, hydromrtor aud tho rain gauge the
iurm and character of the Clouds, tho time
oI the falling h the rair, snow and hail,
pnd, in short every particular rcspct ting
the wcatlIor has been duly registered, FROM
day TO day. and often from hour to hour.
The period of tho lunar phases has also
been registered, aud 1t is therefore possi.
bic 60 compare one set Of changes with
imagine, placed IN two parallel columns. IN
juxtaposition, the series of epochs Of the
new aud full moon and quarters, and the
corresponding conditions OF the weather
al these times, for fifty or one hundred
years back; so that we are enal led TO cx-
amino, as a mere matter Of Fact, the condi.
ton OF .he weather for one thousand or
twelve hundred full and new moons aud
quarters.
"Tho result of such an examination has
boon, that no correspondence whatever
has been found 20 exist between tho two
phenomena. Thus, let us suppose that one
hundred and twenty five moons he taken at
random from tables, ii the condition Of tho
weather at those several cpochs be exam
ined, IL will bo found, probably that in
sixty .threo cases thrro was change of
weather, and IN sixty-two there was not
NO that under these circunwtUn 'os, the odd
moon In this division Of the one hundred
and twcnty.fiv would favor the popular
opinion; but II another rat lom collection
f ono hundred and twenty-five moons he
taken, similarly examined, it will probably
he found that sixtyth three arc not alton ed
by change Of weather, while sixty two are.
With this characteristic caprice, the moon
On this occasion opposes the popu'ar opiu
ble shows that the condition of the weather
us to change, or in any other respect, has
"a a matter of fact, no correspondence
whatever with the lunar phases"
II is generally supposed by nncducatod
pcrsons that whom the moon shines brightly
we have the severest frosts, and claim the
moon as the cause of IL. Tho fact is. we
have frosts only on clear nights; tho reason
is clear and obvious; the earth and plants
are powerful radiators of heat no are also
the clouds. When the sky is clouded the
radiated heat from the earth and plants is
reflected back again, honcc tho plluts do
not become colder than the surrounding
air, and consequently we have no FROST
But when the sky is clear tho radiation is
all in one direction from the earih--and
tho plants are cooled down to tho freezing
point, and the dew and moisture are do.
posted in the form of white frost,
Nor is IL true that tho moon exercises
any peroeptihlc influence upon vegetation.
know It is trno that tho popular opinion
is otherwise. Old farmers tell us that tim
ber cut in tho decline of the moon ia of "
more durable quality than that felled dur,
ing its increase; that vogctal les, trees and
plants, which arc expected to grow with
vigor, should bo planted grated and prunod
during the increase of the moon, and
potatoes should be planted in the old. of
the moon, corn IN the now of the moon SO.
All these questions and a thousand others
have been carefully examined 10y scientific
men in'Europe aud America, and the pop.
ular opinions in regard TO them arc found
to he wholly without foundation Tho only
we'll established effects the moon produces
upon the EARTH aside from its light and
heat are fl,c nroductinn of titlea. tho pro.
Of the earth, axis.-JouN F..GnEESE in the
Ohio Fdrmer. All