SUMMARY 



1. Prices were related to weight under practically all conditions. This is 

 the most definite and significant relationship found in the correlation analysis. 



2. The combined effect of all quality factors on price was most significant 

 in August and least significant in April. 



3. The relative seasonal efi"ect of the individual quality factors on price 

 was as follows: 



Weight was most significant in August, least in November. 

 Air space was most significant in November, least in April. 

 Condition of yolk was most significant in April, least in November. 

 Condition of white was most significant in August, least in April. 



4. Average quality varied with price throughout the lower and middle 

 price ranges only. 



5. The range in quality witJiin each price range varied so widely that price 

 could not be used as a criterion of quality. 



6. Dirty eggs afl'ected price more than variations in color within each dozen. 



7. Range in weight of eggs within each dozen had very little relation to 

 price. 



8. The average quality of eastern eggs was invariably higher than the 

 quality of western eggs. 



9. There was little to be gained in purchasing labeled eggs, because within 

 each brand the quality and weight varied as widely in relation to price as was 

 true of unbranded eggs. 



