, 1875-05-15
whom we shall call sfoou.Farmcr, and ouraclvcs.

whom ne ahall call Moou.Fsr1ncr, and ouEaeives.
The following colloluv tnslcd: =,
Onsfolf~" Yes Il iooks like 1t. don't ~
II. r." Ard In tho npw ot ths moon. Loo.
g." And Why mt ~ ,,...
n. F-"Oh !! yon plant tn tho new OF toe
net bos:on,s. ira 5000 rcaa grow o or 10 feet
high p!antstl In tho now of tho moon. and NOS
onn pod oil Stem
U.-"I Iaes Is gnoer. Nor, ltsvo heard tin.
rcas. or anything. san shed Of nhich GtrnasnatcA
quickly. slou'd bc planted In the new Of thu
moon. and tI,oas which gern1luated slowly In tls
OH Of tbs moon.
il. F,-"No. you must plant everything in t!e
about fat.niti'."
o. No doubt about that. 1lerrn nonothtns
evcry day; every scn,ibio farmer ssoAs:"
Ii. Err" Ion don't call yosrsolI 4 farmer, d"
yonf"
o. -"Woll, yes and no. Nowntlnys don't DO
mncl, =! Il, lust enough to aco9 III. healthy
". F.-"Goin' to plant any corn =
aycry tro wseks, bu. The main crop from tho
25tta Of juno to t!'s lo:h Of ,'nly."
Il E.-,Anl yeS es oEpect to get anything from
o. o.. 1 shall get my n,ouoy from thai"
ii. =, fscratchfug lila hcad )-"I e,loas yon'vo
got Bo1nelhtng to itarn about corn, a. we'll ~
uotntoea."
"WeH." enii We, turoIn. about and se::;nE
Yow,, tho 1askck Of fotatoes which 70 :tl a1;ln;
to or ,oc,;, 70 wo might eaaly drop tNo rows at
oucs. "tt,,4 land IL well ploucd lnarlal ont.raiS
atraiEl,t, and without variation. Ws commenced
pioWing tb,s snorung, Tllcre n a square so,e.
Il waH 4,te.I and p,afked we have dix bf,allela
Of nota.oes, on a hatf-acto, TO plant; 1t wilt bo
tinis.el and coYu.al before tho at.,rs crnle ont.
nn. that without any l,oeng. Va aro sf,al
that OF tho two yon ara tho one WHO m'sst
:on beeu farming h.rn:",
N. f." About ,;fteon ynars."
o.. How ss.,,cl corn aud potatoes 10 yoa
plant each rce:f''
OF po:atoss."
O.-".slways plant t,cm in tho moon"
M F,--"yos."
o." Atvasr 70! larCo ant{ Uniform crops -
ii, F.-ttW Vol. u-uo sometimes ons thing and
ro:ptin,c3 another proyeuks it rauosaity fatr,
though ;"
Off you Ind 1,G0p aeres OF corn and 10 to
100 acrrs Ut potatoes to nisr,s yo,. wonl1 uos
probably ge. then, nll in at ecstan staEs OF tho
moon. would you? You would ho glad than 10
plLut whom the so;., aud no: lilo r.ooi, ~as right.
According to your own showing, YOU nl.,tt haya
cultivated abous 1so to 200 ecfai Of com iu ti,o
iaas tiftron years md perhaps 01 acrcs Of pota-
toss, Nov. no have raisah moro r7osatons III ono
seasoa than YOU ever hayo raiaud ii, your life.
auu moro co.'s, in oap year tlan II you, living
103 years vet, alou!d continue to plant tha sanla
number Of HEreR VOL linfp boan used 10 planslnE
1t il thu roll eoason, a,Ia cultivation that runks
cro;,1 sud not tho time Of tho moon In which
tuy srn p]entod."
Could va CONVINCE Bcch man as thnt3 No.
And VT II biz theory Is true ,ny neiobbot WHOM,
ia2ctl 10 plant po:atoes i've da;s before, aud
in TIL, old OF tie moon, should Got al bottoms
aud myao,f sii tops. Wa shaN SEQ.
There ,a lust 80 much In this moon taeoyy,
anu no moro y,Ia,,ts do Crpw faAtcf In light
picl.ts, probably, than in dnrk ones; and
tIuy such p,3ntu u come up quickly, tilartetl
vhon tie u,oon Il now, may, win favorable
weather, grow faster; mud potatoes, which arc
slow In rerruiuasiuc, planted after tho full ol
lilo moon, and coming III, when tho nlghts are
light naay, u1,lor favorable circumstances, eaeG,
to grow faalor; but that there Ia any liflorence
IN tho outcome, no carpful oxpo1i,nents naat
have over glIor.,
TnAssrr.As71xa EvxnonEExa.
by tho time sl1is toaches the rural readern Of
TuE Tn1nuSr the season Wilt hnYo come for trar )
planting evergreen, or, rather, rauiforouH trec<
The best Ec1son for this worl. 10 lust at that
time whom tho buds have broleu inso now loaf,
or from The .r,o whom tho buds have burst until
tha now groH til IL hnlf.au-inci 1o,e, -alshnuga,
with caro-, they may bo BafoIy tranuplantsd any
month il, tho year.
There nso more cycrcrecnu loa. by a,lowinz
r,o roll to hceoiue dry alier taking ,li, than III
any other way. Therefore, vAen tbey are lifted,
500 tbat tho roo:H are a3Rn Immediately covered.