The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-12-14
Raising Stock BY the Signs"

There are no doubt readers OF the
Missouri Ruralist who believe thar the
signs Of the zodiac WELD sore in
huence over the time that calves and
colts should be weaned and stock
castrated without knowing how the
sign originated or seem to pass through
the u different parts Of the body about
every2 days. As a partial eXpana-
nation ask to be allowed to submit
tac following; The word zodiac is a
Greek word meaning animals. Origin
ally there were only II groups Of stars
forming the signs Of the zodiac each
group or constellation being named
after some living thing. About a hun
dred years ago a German astronomer
seeing the necessity Of there being II
consultations in the zodiac groups to
correspond with the y months in the
year took the stars that constituted the
claws Of the scorpion and made new
constellation which he named the Bal
ance because it balanced the u months
in the year.
These consultations set in an i'm
aginary belt 10 degrees wide reached
clear around our sun and the planets
with the equator cutting it in the cent
er, could the equator be built cut to
it. The bowl Of the great dipper is
the scale for degrees Of latitude and
Longitude. II is ten degrees across the
top Of the bowl and eight degrees
across the bottom; hence this zodiac
belt should be twice as wide as the
dipper bowl is across the bottom, The
zodiac groups are fixed stars away oil
in the sideral heavens millions Of miles
beyond the sun which is also rated as a
fixed orb. Il will be seen that the
world is moving around the sun must
pass between the sun and the y zodi-
&C consultations on the outside every
year. In doing this the movement
Of the world makes the sun come in
range with each Of the % constella-
tions for a month during the year.
In this way Capricorn, Aries Can
c,r and Libra setting in quarters and
oppoSites in this enormous starry belt
a-e made to mark the four seasons Of
the year.
While the world is moving around
the sun once in every year the moon
is moving around the world once in
abont every 81 days hence must pass
between US and the stars in all II oI
zodiac consultations in that time
furnishing the only grounds on which
rest the y signs OF the zodiac.
For example when the moon is pass
ing between US and the constellation
OF the Virgin. the sign would be Virgo
the bowels, and the moon would seen
10 be among that group Of stars, where
as the moon being distant only some
100000 miles from US would lacR
many millions Of miles in reaching
Spica, one Of the Virgin group Of stars
From Virgo the moon passes into Libra
tae recently created constellation thel
into Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn ETC.,
charging the signs in the body u
times in 81 days when it enters the
Virgin again. II one can see the
moon on a clear night and is familiar
with the heavenly consultations the,
can tell where the sign is withou
lookin at an ssalmanc.
Now let the reader ask himself il
there is any good ieason in believire
in the signs Of the zodiac brought or
by our near neighbor the moopsgettius
between Us and some stats whose di
tancc teyond it is so great it cal
hardly be realized. For my part l an
an unbeliever in the signs and I hay.
had as good success in handling stocl
and weaving babies as those who d
A. l.. Brace, Ki:sse Nils, No. ].
II ssOrn Ruralist.