The Washington herald., 1915-01-29
LITTLE Change
in FOOD PRICES
Bad Weather Has Little Ef-
feet on Cost of
Eggs.
VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL
Quotations on Meats Remain at About
Level of Week
Ago.
VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL

Market quotations during the past week
generally were firm, even egg prices re-
naming steady in spite Of heavy and
are quoted at IS and 80 cents a dozen.
with gradations down to 30 and S5 cents
for Southern, Western, and storage cases.
Meat figures show little change. Salt
ed killings are in good demand, butchers
say, although the prices are the same.
Good pork shoulders are retailing at
Is to is cents a pound, fresh stock, pork
hams, at 16 to IS cents, and chops from
Is to IS cents, Bacon is sold at IS and
% cents, in the piece, and 2Nto 3 cents
for the sliced. Beef steaks are quoted
at from IS cents to 30 cents. Mutton
stewing meats are quoted at from 10 to
Is cents.
Supplies of vegetables were good.
Sweet potatoes are quoted at 80 cents
peck; Irish potatoes at % to % cents
peck; Spanish onions, cents each; string
beans, 20 cents a quart box, and cab
baGes, 10 to Is cents a head. Fresh lima
beans are scarce, the quotation being
70 cents a quart. Dried lima beans re-
tail at Is cents a quart
Poultry Remains Firm.
practically the same as a week ago.
BOOSTERS sell in retail markets at 10
cents a pound, and hens and chickens
from p to % cents. Turkey is quoted
at . cents; ducks, % cents; geese, p
cents.
The best grade of creamery butter is
selling at Is cents a pound; medium
grades at 35 to 20 cents; renovated. 30
cents, and oleo at is to 30 cents a pound.
Prices Of sea foods fiuctuated during
the week. The receipts of perch were
small, some dealers not even handling
them. The quotation, however, remain
ed the same at l. 1-2 cents a pound. Sea
bass advanced from Il 1-2 cents to l5
cents a pound; shad from 80 cents and
$50 to 70 cents and $3.50, low and high
figures. No change was announced In
the price of oysters.
The prices quoted In retail markets
yesterday are as follows:
Eggs-Hennery, 45aj0, doZ.; Southern,
5, doz.; gathered, 4oa45. doz.; storage,
80, doZ
Butter-Best creamery. IS. lb.; reno
waited. co. Ib.; medium, S5a4O, b.; oleo,
1sa9O, lb.
h.; turkeys, 3, h.; geese, 2, lb.; hens
., Ib.; broilers, 25a2s. lb.; ducks, 8, lb.;
Keats. 80 each.
Yegetables-Sweet potatoes. 20. PIX;
Spanish onions, 90. doz-: peas. 3, qt-;
turnips 30 PIX; cabbage, 10a15, head;
caulifiower, 15a25, each; Brussels sprouts,
., box; string beans. %, ct: Lima beans
(fresh). 100, Of: spinach. 80, PIX: rad
ishes, ), bunch; Irish potatoes, 3OaS5, PIX;
onions, 55. PIX: carrots, 80. PIX; lettuce,
IOa15, head; squash, 1Oa15. each; toma-
toes, %, lb.; celery. 5a10. bunch: Lima
beans dried. Is, qt.; cucumbers, 10al5,
each; beets. Is. box; cymblingS 10, each;
parsnips. 20, PIX.
Frults-Bananas. 15a25. doz.: oranges.
25a4O. dOZ.; apples. J0a6o. PIX; grapefruit,
5a1O. each; alligator pears. GOa75. each;
Strawberries. 80. box; lemons. 2Oa25. doz.;
pIneapples. 15a25. each; pears, 3oa1-OO, doz.;
tangarines. 20. doz-: lines, %. dog.
Meats-Lamb, 15a25 lb.; choice sirloin.
25a2S h.; lamb chops, 15a30 h.: mutton,
stewing, 10a15 Ib.; beef liver, 10a15 h.;
beefsteak, 1Sa3O lb.; French lamb chops,
3ea35 lb.: bacon, piece, 1Sa20 lb.; ham
burger, II 1-2a1S h.; smoked shoulder,
Il 1-2a16 Ib.; veal, I5a25 lb.; smoked hams.
16a2O lb.; pork chops. 15a1S b.; mutton,
L 1-2a20 h.; pork shoulders, 13a1s h.;
chuck roast, 15a20 h.: mutton chops, 1Sa20
Ib.: pork hams. 16a1S lb.; bacon. sliced,
22a5 lb.; pork sausage, 2Oa25 h.; chipped
beef. 20 h.; cal fliver. 40a50 ID.
Fish-Sea bass, 10 h.; Spanish mackerel,
20 lb.: cod, 10 b.; yellow perch, Il 1-2 h.;
salmon, q lb.; butterfish, u 1-2 lb.; shad,
75a2.5O each: rock, 2Oa25 b.; scallops, 70
qt crab, flake. 20 qt; trout, u 1-2a15 h.;
haIibut, 2Oa25 h.: white perch. 20 lb.;
Potomac bass, l5a20 h.; founders, Il 1-2
Ib.: smelt, 20 Ib.; sheepshead, Is lb.; oys-
tiers, S0a40 at.