HOW EGGS ARE MARKETED 
way above any figures that could fairly be quoted as a whole- 
sale value. We quote: Selected white, fancy, 48@50c.; do., 
fair to choice, 35@46c.; do., lower grades, 26@32c.; brown and 
mixed, fancy, 38@40c.; do., fair to choice, 30@36c.; do., lower 
grades, 25@28c. 
N. Y. Mercantile Exchange Cfficia! Quotations. 
Fresh gathered, extras, per dozen.............. @37 
Fresh gathered, firsts ........... cece ee ee ee eee 32 @33 
Fresh gathered, seconds ..........cseceeeseeers 29 @31 
Fresh gathered, thirds .........0.cceeenceeeeee 25 @28 
Dirties NOs TP scion vaee ca vinates ses es sepa 21 @22 
DIrtieS} NOs 22) sescvcscs achat owns Da auiia os tg teen Si 18 @20 
Dirti6s;, INCSPLOL 5 cece ase stlak e-w seslees de lee oa cererencie deem 12 @17 
Checks, fresh gathered, fair to prime ......... 18 @20 
Checks, inferior’ iiacdcseaccc caw ies see cau weaeeows 12 @16 
Refrigerator, firsts, charges paid for season.... 24 @24% 
Refrigerator, firsts, on dock ............----00% 23 @23% 
Refrigerator, seconds, charges paid for season. .2214@231%4 
Refrigerator, seconds, on dock .............000- 214% @22% 
Refrigerator, thirds <secses ssc ds cncveadaw cscs 20 @21 
Limed, firsts: oo: sans <sed sa ntew iv aside oo deus ates 2244 @23 
Limed, seconds ......... see eee cece ce ee ee ee eeeee 21 @22 
The writer was in the New York market at the time and saw 
many cases of White Leghorn eggs sell wholesale at as high 
as 55 cents. These were commonly retailed at 5 cents each. 
There were a good many brands retailing at 65 cents and one 
of the largest high class groceries was selling for 70 cents. 
This is practically double the official quotations and three 
times that of cold storage stock. 
‘The above prices represent a fair sample of the fall prices 
of 1908. It should be noted that the 1908 fall prices were 
relatively somewhat better than the rest of the season. 
The time of high prices is also the time of the greatest 
variation in the price of the different grades. In the spring- 
time all eggs are fairly fresh and good, and the fanciest eggs 
bring wholesale only two or three cents above quotations. 
There are a few retailers who hold the spring prices to their 
customers up above the general market. One New York firm 
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