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the price in winter when the natural supply is small 

 and prices high. An examination of egg quotations in 

 the New York market in the last 30 yr., dividing 

 them into two periods of 15 yr. each, shows that for 

 the grade classed as "State" the range in the more 

 recent period was 14.8c. per doz. (i. e., from 31. 3c., 

 the average Dec. price, to 16.5c., the average Apr. 

 price); while in the earlier period the difference was 

 only I2.8c. (from 27.9c., the average Dec. price, to 15.1c., 

 the Apr. price), prices being highest in Dec. and lowest 

 in April. If the grade called "Westerns," is selected, 

 it is found that the range in price in the recent period 

 is 11. 5c. (26.5c. in Dec., 15c. in Apr.), whereas in the 

 earlier period the range was 11.9c. (26.6c. in Dec., 14.7c. 

 in Apr.). If an examination is made of the Cincin- 

 nati quotations for 30 yr., divided likewise into two 

 periods of 15 yr. each, the range in the recent period 

 is 12.1c. (from 24.9c., the highest monthly average, to 

 12.8c., the lowest), whereas in the earlier period the 

 range was only lie. (from 21. 8c. to 10.8c). It does not 

 appear from these figures that there has been a marked 

 leveling or narrowing of prices between the two periods. 

 If the statistics of movement, however, be examined, it 

 is found that relatively more eggs are marketed in the 

 spring months in proportion to the total yearly market- 

 ings in recent years than formerly. The receipts of 

 eggs at New York during Mar., Apr., and May for 

 the 15 yr. 1896-1910 were about three times greater 

 than similar receipts in Nov., Dec., and Jan.; whereas 

 for the preceding 15-yr. period a similar comparison 

 shows the receipts in Mar., Apr., and May only two 

 and two-tenths times larger than in the corresponding 

 Nov., Dec., and Jan. Coincident with the development 

 of the cold-storage business has been increasing fa- 

 cilities for transporting eggs long distances, thus broad- 

 ening the sources of supply of cold-storage centers; large 

 quantities of eggs are now shipped from Kansas and 

 other western points to New York, and this has probably 

 resulted in offsetting the expected tendency of cold 



