THE LEGHORNS 



Park & Tilford 



Ordinary 48 cents 



Extra Fresh White 68 cents 



Charles & Co. 



Very best Leghorn 70 cents 



Fresh 56 cents 



Selected 52 cents 



Ordinary 36 cents 



The range of prices given above points out the rela- 

 tive value of the different grades. These prices are some- 

 what higher than in 1910, although the price of guaran- 

 teed fresh White Leghorn eggs has not changed ma- 

 terially in the past few years, as the demand is far greater 

 than the supply. The germless brand of White Leghorn 

 eggs seldom drops below 70 cents in the fall and winter 

 months. Germless eggs are sterile and are conceded to 

 keep better than fertile eggs. The latter will spoil quickly 

 when subjected to a temperature of 85 or more degrees 

 for any length of time. 



Where eggs are sent to hotels and first-class retailers, 



the price for fancy strictly White Leghorn eggs will bring 



in case lots as high as 40 cents a dozen the year around. 



In Buffalo, New York, the retail prices of eggs on 



December 1st, were as follows: 



Western storage, 24 cents per dozen. 



New York State (storage) 32 cents per dozen. 



Fresh eggs in cartons, 55 cents per dozen. 



Extra selected strictly fresh, 60 cents per dozen. 



The extra se- 

 lects are nearby 

 products that are 

 received every 

 other day, the 

 fresh eggs in car- 

 tons being re- 

 c e i V e d weekly. 

 i'^^^^t One of the lead- 

 i n g department 

 stores reports a 

 great scarcity of 

 strictly fresh 

 eggs on this 

 date, only small 

 consignments of 

 five or six doz- 

 en being re- 

 ceived occasion- 

 ally. These sell 

 readily at SO to 

 55 cents per doz- 

 en. Last year 

 this fi.m paid 50 



, ^ 1. -TKTv.-^ TV -tr T ij cents per dozen 



ig-le Comb White Leghorn Hen. Laid . . , ^ , 



238 eggs in one year. for strictly fresh 



eggs — guaranteed 

 and retailed them 

 at 55 cents per 

 dozen. It is fair 

 to assume then 

 that 55 to 60 

 cents per dozen 

 for fresh laid 

 eggs are the rul- 

 ing prices in Buf- 

 falo at this sea- 

 son of the year. 

 Germless White 

 Leghorn eggs, 

 however, rule as 

 high in price in 

 Buffalo as in 

 New York, but 

 the produc- 

 tion of this brand 

 of eggs is limited 

 to one large poul- 

 try farm at pres- single 'comb Wl ite Leghorn Hen. Laid 

 ent in this sec- 242 eggs in one year, 



t i o n of the 



Empire State. Several new Leghorn egg farms 

 with large egg producing capacity have been 

 started in the vicinity of Buffalo in the past year and 

 when these large plants are fully stocked with White 

 Leghorns next season, the supply of high grade white 

 eggs will be materially increased. No doubt but the de- 

 mand for eggs will increase in the same or even greater 

 ratio as the supply. 



Wholesale Egg Prices 



Following are the wholesale egg quotations on De- 

 cember 4, 1911: Per doz. 



New York, fresh gathered extras 42 to 44c 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts.... 36 to 44c 



Chicago, firsts, grading 45 per cent fresh 28 to 30c 



St. Louis, extras 34 cents 



Kansas City, extra 34 cents 



Boston, fancy eastern 48 to 50c 



Indianapolis, extra fresh 35 cents 



San Francisco, firsts and fresh ranch extras 45 to 51c 



Petaluma, extras SOJ^ cents 



As the latter city is the center of the White Leghorn 

 egg industry in California, the following table of ship- 

 ments for one week will convey some idea of the extent 

 of the egg business in that city. Eggs 



1911 Dozen 



Monday, November 20 12,888 



Tuesday, November 21 20,808 



Wednesday, November 22 13,068 



Thursday, November 23 12,528 



Friday, November 24 15,084 



Saturday, November 25 14,760 



Total 89,136 



No. 1—4470 

 Laid 248 eggs 



No. 1—4481 

 Laid 218 eggs 



No. 1—4486 

 Laid 216 eggs 



