PRICES IN ENGLAND
Sir, —Youi* correspondent John E. Hunt is not altogether correct when he quotes the price of eggs in Britain at 2s per dozen. I quote from the British "Feathered World" of May 22 last. "Hen and duck eggs: Farm receives from licensed buyer or packer 3s Id per dozen maximum, deductions |d an egg for dirty or second quality eggs and eggs under ljoz; up to 3s Id per dozen for eggs unfit for sale in shell. Retail: Only producers with 50 birds and under (including garden poultrykeepers) may sell eggs direct. Maximum price is 2s per dozen, mixed and ungraded." The nrice of 2s per dozen is freely acknowledged to be an uneconomic one, and is intended not to be a profitable one. Mr. Hunt also mentions sugar at 3d per lb. According to letters from Home it would make no difference to the purchaser if it were only a halfpenny, because it just cannot be bought.—l am, etc., A. E. GRATTON.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1943, Page 4
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166PRICES IN ENGLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1943, Page 4
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