The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
EGGS TAKE JUMP
TO FIFTY CENTS
Hens Now Laying on Winter
Schedule and Product Is
Becoming Scarce.
NO HOPE FOR A DROP
Other Market Quotations. However.
Are About Same as Last
Weeks.

Winter Is here. at least for the barn
| yard fowl. and housekeepers are already
complaining because hens did not hold
their strike on for few more weeks.
Within a fortnight, eggs have risen ten
cents a dozen. with q five cent jump for
each week. They are now retailing at
| fifty cents a dozen; while even the fowl
itself. prepared for the table, is costlier
than last week And the retailers hold
out no hope of the price dropping. or
even remaining where It now Is.
Other market quotations, however. are
| about the same as those Of last week.
The changes which are infrequsnt, be-
ing small: while any item that has arisen
| in price Is accompanied by another that
| has decreased.
Butter and creamery products remain
ed stable. Fish showed q slight ten
dency to drop. Porgies have disappeared
altogether. Meats also remained prac-
tIcally on a level with last weeks quo
tations, the many varieties varying but
slightly.
The only marked change in the vege-
table line is the advance OF cucumbers to
| fifteen cents each over ten cents OF last
week. Fruits are somewhat lower than
| the prices of last week, the Western pro-
duct now being received on the market
in great quantities.
Yesterdays QuotatiOns.
Quotations of yesterday are as fol-
! lows:
EGGs-Hsunery. do1. Sc; storage. doA. Se;
gathered, doL. . and 4Oc; Southern, doz.
PoULTRY-Dressed chickens. Sc Ib.; keats pair.
I5oi rOostsrs. h.. lSci hens. h.. &c; turkeys h.
sc; ducks. H.. nc
Ib.. 3 and Ec; renovated. ID. &c; oleo.. lb, IS
and 3cc
MEATs-Lamb. h., z and Dc: beef roast. b.
% and sc; beefsteAk. h., 3 and Soc; besf. stew
liver ID. &C; bacon. piece. H., &c; bacon. diced
| H., Is and Re; pork roast, h., &c; mutton, lb,
% and lsc; pork. chOps. lb, 2 and &c; pork. hams,
h., nc; pork, shoulder. lh, lsc; smoked hans,
h., Is and &c; smoked shoulder lh.. ls and lSe;
nc. .''- ' '
Prices of Fish.
FTsH-Sea bass, H.. Il and l5c; sheephead n.
&c; halbut. n. SOC; cd b. Hhe; hoGndSr'' en-
&c; salmon fresh. lb, &c; croaker h., toci butter
fish. h.. I2c; bluehsh, H.. Is and &c; rock. ID,
10 and nc Eay trout. lb. Exc salmon trout, b..
90; Gains qt Sc; scaIops. at.. SOC; hard crabs.
doz, Oc; crab meat. at, % and &c; spots. h.. l5c-
PRoDUCE-IhSh potatoes. pk, 8 10 Sc; sweet
potatoes PIX soc: turnips. bush, T5c; kAls, PIX,
ac; sTInach, PIX. % to SOc; cucumbsrs hot house,.
I5c each; egg plant. each. IOc; Carrots. pk. Ioc;
Spanish onions, doZ. 20 to 5c; beets bunch, SC;
celery. bunch, to &c; cabbage head, and loc;
salsify bunch, &C.; ealihoWer. l5e; lettuce, head.
5 TO Sc; tomatoes. pk.. IOc; sweet peppsrs. doG.,
1sc: string beans. pk. 4oc; lima beans at. box, DC;
radishes bunch, &c: cymlinEs each. SC; corn
COB dOz > and 3oc; mushrooms. h. 9c; eeTly
cabbage, 8 and Ec: Brussels sprouts. ct, &c;
parsnirs. PIX, Ec.
FRUITS-OranEes. doz.. % to 6oe: lemons. doz..
Is to &c; apples, eating. PIX, &c; grapes, bas.. 10
to l5c; grapes tCahforniAl h.. loc; Ganberries.
qt, I0c; grapefruit, each, to lOc; pineappes.
each IS to Sc; lines. doG. Sc; pears uGneyl
doz.. 8 and Ec-
J.. H. Van Zant, Of Bristol, Pa, owns
living four-legged hen.