Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-01
EGGS DROP z CENTS
A DOZEN IN A WEEK
Wholesale Quotations May Go Even
Lower-Markets Well Supplied
With Foodstuffs.

A drop of 90 cents a dozen, whole
week. Saturday last fancy eggs sold
at 5S cents a dozen. Today they can
be bought at from 35 to SO cents a
dozen, and purchasers Of large lots,
1t is said. can buy them even cheaper.
The stoppage of the sale of hens and
pullets. which has caused a heavy In
crease in egg production, Is largely
responsible for the lowering In prices.
though eggs at this season usually be-
gin to lower in price from the winter
range. J. tr --r, -ae
How cheap eggs will be two weeks
from now-for tine bottom price has
not been reached-the opinions Of deal
ers vary. Some contend that at 81
cents dozen the cold storage men
will begin to put eggs in storage. and
this will check lowering prices by
absorbing the egg surplus. Others
say that eggs are not stored until
after April 1, and by that time they
will be down to 20 cents . dozen. 1t
all depends on how fast eggs come on
the markets. So
Todays prices show dressed ROSTERS
3 cents a pound cheaper than early
vanced from a cent to cents on the
pound. Irish potatoes continue to drop
in price wholesale and squash and
Florida celery are also cheaper.
foodstuffs of all kinds and prices range
az follows:
EGGS-Strictly fresh. fancy. 35a36 doz
average receipts. IS: southern, IS.
CHEESE-News York state factory.
new. 27a2S. .,.ss,, - r. 80
BUTTER-Esin print. 81: Elsins tub.
50: process. 47a48; store packed. SO.
keys. per h., 33a35; chickens. per H.. 3za
50: keats. young. each, 50a69.
DRESSED POULTRY-Spring chickens,
Sass per h.: turkeys. per h.. 3Sa40; roost
ers. per h., 25; geese, per h.. 26a2s;
ducks, "a.
GREEN FRU!Ts-AppIes. per bbl,
5. Scat. 90: lemons. ssoas.5o; pears, per box
Local. 90; grapefruit. crate. 3s0AA. 50;
Strawberries, 40a5o; tangerines. 2.50a4. 81
box.
VEGETABLES = Potatoes, No. I,
northern. per ,iso lbs. 2soa2.! 40: NcCor-
.ssss po sesa st pes 3d. es
.. s.ooa4.eo per bbl.; string beams. PEI
basket, 3.0oa4.00; peppers. crate, 4O0a
TOO; oira. per crate. 3ooa5.o0: radishes,
per 1oe; ssoa5 Hn cucYm NIB s. bs.kst'
S.o 4
cabbage, per 100 lbs, s.ooa3.5o: beets
bunch, 5aS; lettuce. 1.goa3.o 90 per basket;
cabbage, Florida, 1.50a2.25 per basket;
celery. 36a1.oo> doz.; Florida celery. crate.
i. 50a2.25: romaine lettuce. Local 20;
SQUASH, 2.5oa5. 90 crate: spring onions, .5G
as.O0 per 100 lunches; onions, per sack,
3. ooa2 SIS; spinach, 4.ooa6.oo per Dbl: kale
2.50a3e0 Dbl; tnrnips. per box. LISA
80: per Dbl. 2.5oa4.5o; caulifiower. per
crate, 1.75a2.00: tomatoes. Florida, per
crata 1 s0a6 90. new beetS Florida 20 ma
'2.75 crate; green peas, 2.00a40o per basket
LIVE srocK.shsep. per H.. 7as:
fsmbs, spring. 1sa17: calves, per IN,
IS: medium. per h.. 14ha1s: common.
per h.. 12a13.
PoRK-small, % lb.; medium, q Ib.
neavy. 1sa2o.
sEEDsRed clover 2050a21 90 Der
bu.; alsike clover. 17.eea17.58 per bu
crimson clover, 12.50a15-00 per bu; : tina.
othy, 425a4.50 per bu.; red top. 14.00a
Is 90 per 100 lbs; bluegrass. 3.00a3.50.
GRAIN-wheat. milling. per bu., 2.Ia
az 20; new corn, per bu., 1.S0a1.S5; oats
white, Local. 05: mixed oats, 10la1 03:
hay, No. /. Is, 0oa3o.oo: No. 2. 27.50a2S So