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tion is by the long hundred (120). Eggs are designated 

 in the London market according to the locality from 

 which they are sent, and as this is, to a certain extent, 

 an indication of their freshness and quality, it has an 

 influence on the quotations. The highest quotations are 

 for the best English eggs, and they are usually fully 

 equal to the prices asked in America for fancy hennery 

 eggs. French, Danish, and Italian eggs will grade with 

 what we call near-by eggs and eggs for storage in 

 America. The best of the eggs that are sent from Ire- 

 land over to London are sold for English eggs. Eggs 

 from more distant countries are graded about the same 

 as our second or third qualities in America. 



Prior to 1914, eggs like those sold in the New York 

 market as fancy hennery for 25c. a dozen sold in London 

 at about 22c. a dozen. During 1917 and 1918, eggs that 

 sold in New York as fancy hennery at 70c. sold in 

 London for $1.20. During the winter of 1918-1919 the best 

 grade of fancy hennery eggs sold in New York for 90c. 

 to $1.00 a dozen, while the same grade of eggs sold in 

 England for $1.78 a dozen. Eggs have sold in New York 

 prior to 1914 from as low as 17c. a. dozen in April to as 

 high as 52c. in winter. The average price on the New 

 York market during 1917 was 52c. 



Prior to 1912 there was published in this book a 

 comparison of egg prices in the New York and London 

 markets, a part of which we repeat. The following com- 

 parison is made from the quotations given in the New 

 York and London markets for the month of May, 1909. 

 As an English shilling was then equivalent to 24^c. in 

 American money, and an English penny was equivalent 

 to 2c., the London quotations of 8/4 to 9/2 for 120 eggs 

 is about equivalent to 20c. to 22c. a dozen. The quota- 

 tions given cannot be accepted as a guide for the selling 

 price of eggs, but they furnish an approximate indication 

 of the relative selling prices in New York and London. 

 Eggs sold in New York at that same date at from 23c. 

 to 25c*. a dozen. The prices fluctuate considerably in 

 both markets at different seasons of the year. During 



