Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-28
EGGS SOARING.
The Market FIuttuating in an Amaz-
ing Manner.
Other Eatables Seem 10 Be Firm Though
Prices Steady.

the egg market so very uncertain that
| tn. dealers cannot tell from one day 10
| another how much they will have ia
| pay for eggs the next day. 1t is IA
matter of guess work. and dealer
| nay. today. sell out his eggs at %
cents and have to pay far more the
| next day. At one time. last week. the
Boston markets paid as high as 3s
cents a dozen, but on Monday in the
Augusta markets. the egg farmer
would not have received more than 20
cents.
How are the Injuries looking now"
asked the reporter.
They are looking so high that the
ordinary market report does not men,
ton them.'' replied the dealer. Straw :
berries and cucumbers and the like can
be obtained for those who wish them.
but something besides love and prom
Uses are needed to pay for them
Beef is away up in the wholesale
market in spite of the fact that so few
are supposed to eat it during Lent.
The decided jump which beef took.
several weeks ago. proved to be a
pretty permanent thing. and, today.
the dealers are losing SO much off
every hundred pounds they sell. for
they have not advanced the price 20
the buyer in the least, and suffer the
loss themselves. Lamb is quiet and
about the same Pork as we'll as all
pork products. is lively.
Poultry is worth good price. though
fowl is to be obtained for 10 cents a
pound. Good chicken and turkeys find
Il ready sale Chickens are from IA 10
IL cents a pound.
You never saw year yet when
vegetables sold so very low" remarked
the dealer. Squash are really a drug
on the market now. Some of the other
they are cheap though.
Apples are scarce fruit. and a
good eating apple is bought so quickly
that it is impossible to keep any in
stock long. Eating apples especially
are very high and rare. A good eating
apple is worth $3.50 to any farmer who
can produce them
How is the flour market?''
The price Of wheat has been up so
well that ii keeps the flour market
lively. 1t has been high. but is now 1T
about the usual place."
DO the prices of your pickles
iluctuate from month to month";
Pickles are always the same. There
is so much competition in this line that
the prices have to stay about the same.
If they are not good one year. they are
another. SO there is little change
The tea and coffee market remains
the same. though there are stack of
poor grades being worked into the
|
market. the Journal was informed.
The fruit market is firm Oranges
| We're SITTER than usual. last week. but
are now in normal condition. and the
only way TO determine the price is to
decide upon the grade. A good orange
costs good money but the aw-breaking
! mouth puckerers can be obtained for a
| song, which must be delivered before
| eating.
The fish business is feeling the good
effects of Lent. 1t gives them two and
sometimes three fish days in a week.
where there is ordinarily only one.
Their fish calendar tells the dealers
when to have good supply on hand.
The prices are not changed. Though
the wholesalers change the prices from
day to day. the retailers in small
cities like Augusta. do mot change the
prices unless there is an especially
large change in price. There is now 4
large stock of fresh pickerel on the
market. J. F. Pierce Of Vassalboro.
| brought in one of the handsomes;
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