ONE A MINUTE
Sir-*Simple Simon" has certainly lived up to his name in his article on "Sowing By the Moon." Although his pen-name assumes an _ unsophisticated mind, he is really one of those conceited people who think they know everything, whereas the sum of their knowledge could be written on a postage stamp, and what they do not know would fill several large libraries. To prove the matter, can "Simple Simon" explain and define four (among many) things, viz. electricity, the force of gravitation, X-rays, wireless rays? If he can’t (and | mot even a physicist can), why are we compelled to listen to him when he exhibits his ignorance of the rays which come from the planets and heavenly bodies by the medium of the moon, and govern all life on the earth? If "Simple Simon" can not define any one of these forces, how does he know what forces emanate from the planets, but I refrain from casting my pearls before swine, or ignorant people. For the benefit of your readers who are not so steeped in ignorant prejudice as "Simple Simon," I might say that two days before full and new moons is not the best time to sow seeds, as at those times the moon may be either barren or fertile. The best dates can be obtained from me or from the Compost Club Magazine. .
H. E.
LAWRENCE
(Stratford).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 233, 10 December 1943, Page 3
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232ONE A MINUTE New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 233, 10 December 1943, Page 3
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