SEEDING THE SOIL. 
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essential, over and above that which is secured by the covering 
of earth, as to justify the farmer in setting up either the new 
or the old of the moon as a circumstance of sufficient import¬ 
ance to outweigh every other consideration. If when the other 
conditions are present there should happen to be a new moon 
or no moon, go ahead, and if otherwise , go ahead. As we 
have said before, the moon has many important offices to fulfill, 
but is, by no means sole mistress of mundane affairs! 
In conclusion, as to time, for the benefit of beginners in 
farming, who may not yet be entirely familiar with the approv¬ 
ed limitations of even all the more^common field crops grown, 
we have prepared the following table, which will be found suf¬ 
ficiently reliable for the latitude in which we live : 
Name of Seed to be Sown. 
Time For Sowing, indicated by S. 
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Septem. 
October. 
Slnrino* WliAfit ... 
S 
s 
Winter Wheat ,,,,,,,,,, .,, 
s 
S 
S 
Snrin cr TJ.vp . 
S 
s 
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Winter Rve ., . , t .... t .. 
s 
S 
S 
Sirrino 1 "Ra.rlev . 
s 
s 
s 
Winter Bariev . 
s 
S 
s 
Bunk wheat . .. 
s 
s 
s 
s 
rinrn . _ . 
s 
Millet . 
Sugar Cane, . 
s 
s 
O-ats, . 
s 
s 
s 
s 
Tied Clover, . 
s 
s 
s 
s 
S 
s 
White Clover, .. 
Timothy, . 
s 
S 
s 
Hungarian Grass, . 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
Kentucky Blue Grass, . 
s 
s 
s 
s 
Bed Top,. 
Peas,. 
White Beans,... 
s 
s 
s 
Turnips,. 
s 
s . 
Mangel-Wurzel . 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
• s 
s 
s 
Carrots, . ‘ . 
Parsnips, . 
s 
s 
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s 
Beets,. ... 
s 
s 
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Onions, . 
Potatoes, . . . 
