RE:RE:Hypertext Link To Farmer's AlmanacHi Andy,
My own suspicion is that at some point around independence day some open minded white guy with a lot of facts in his head had a long talk with an old "savage" native over some firewater. As usual nothing
could be "proven" so the white guy decided to paper it over with some science and try to publish it.
G.L. Barkis's
Found this clipping from a US paper.
First published in 1792 when former U.S. President George Washington was in office, the reference guide is America’s oldest, continuously published periodical, described the publisher. Since the time of its first editor, Robert B. Thomas, the almanac records and predicts astronomical events, tides, and weather events 12 months in advance. Editors keep the methodology close to the cuff, but do acknowledge that there may be some truth to the reliability of folklore combined with scientific calculations that include solar science, climatology, and meteorology.