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Show The following has been unavoidably unavoid-ably crowded out uutil the present 8'. George, Utah, April 13, 1893. Editor Union: Please insert the following and oblige M. B. Mr. Iron County Record, in reply re-ply to your shallow-brained criticism criti-cism in regard to my adv. that appeared ap-peared in the Union a few days &g permit me to say that weak minded inexperienced persons should view my ad. in the light only as a bait for jackasses to nibble nib-ble at. You, sir, being the biggest ninny of the class, you bit at the bait first and got the hook fastened fasten-ed in yur own jaw. Was Watt an engineer previous to his constructing the first steam 1 engine ever known? No sir, that would be impossible. He ran a' second-handed scow or "ferryboat." "ferry-boat." I think you are so bigoted that it would be impossible to gather up sufficient, of my shield material to make you a pinning blanket much less a coat. In order to obviate ob-viate this disparity I kindly suggest sug-gest thit you negotiate with some buck Indian for his breech-clout; you wear that articln and it will afford you all the protection necessary neces-sary for such a diminutive makeup make-up as I take you to be. I feel greatly honored by you associating me in your article with such an intelligent gentleman as Mr. Howard of the Saliua Press, because it is well known that he is a schollar and a gentleman. . He is a man possessed of common sense and studies commonsense principles and knows well what he is doing. M. Burgess, St. George, Utah. About Eggs. There is no excuse to fall back on when a poultry man sells stale or rot-ton rot-ton eggs for fresh ones. Eggs from "new nests" shouldbe tested before selling if sold at all. Nest eggs can not get mixed up with good ones if the poultryman knows his business. China eggs or egg gourds used for nest eggs will provent this. The tester, such as we Iiavc several sev-eral times described, shows conclusively conclu-sively whether an egg is fresh or not. A perfectly fresh egg is clear and no air space can be seen in the large end. As the egg gets older this air spaceeniarges until it finally occupies half the egg. A perfectly fresh egg will not shake, i. e., the contents will not shake when the egg is shaken,, no matter how violently, but eggs cannot stand the constant little jarring jar-ring such as transportation in the cars. Even if eggs are fresh when started, if carried fifty or more miles they will shake a little when received re-ceived at the destination. The old-fashioned lest for eggs is the water test. Take a large pan filled three or four inches (or more) inches with water. Place a number of eggs therein. Those eggs that lay on their side on the bottom are fresh. The ones that stand up on the small end are stale and those that float arc bad.- Agricultural Epitomist. . i |