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"Kill a corn-fed hog or kill a corn-fed fat beef in the 

 dark of the moon, and when you come to fry or cook the 

 meat it goes to grease and shrivels up and is not fit to eat, 

 dry and no substance in it. Kill same in the light of the 

 moon and you will have nice plump meat. 



"From observation I believe that not only the sun and moon, 

 but the planets at certain times when near this earth, have 

 their disturbing effects on all living, growing and maturing 

 nature or animate or inanimate objects. 



"All nature must have rest at some time. A man who shaves 

 himself knows how to hone and strop his razor. At times it 

 seems to be dull, and it pulls. Let him lay the razor aside 

 for a length of time; then when he picks it up it shaves easy 

 and he wonders why it is now so sharp. This is nature's rest. 

 Man and beast, flesh and blood, must have rest. The earth 

 in many localities freezes up in winter time; the rivers and 

 lakes freeze up and all nature is covered with snow ; the crops 

 will not grow, this is nature's rest. 



"The commanders of all ships can buy books a year ahead, 

 giving the serving of the tides at every port; all calculations 

 being made from the moon. If the moon has such an effect 

 upon the great oceans, why shouldn't it affect the land? It 

 shines upon both land and sea. 



"Any man who has the time can demonstrate this to his 

 own satisfaction, and he will find it true." 



When the author read the foregoing account 

 some seven years ago he determined to put the 

 moon's influence to a test in the planting of eighty 

 acres of garden peas for his canning factory. 



The eighty acres was divided into fields and 

 numbered or designated by name, and a careful 

 record of the time of planting was kept. The 

 seed used was uniform and of the best quality, 

 and character of soil was such that a good crop of 

 peas was possible upon each and every part of the 

 entire eighty acres. Upon the different fields 

 peas were planted in all the different stages of the 



