The price of eggs has fluctuated considerably over time, based on the available sources. Here's a summary of how egg prices have changed:
- 1845 (Lexington, VA): Eggs cost 8 cents a dozen.
- 1890s: Eggs were 11 cents per dozen.
- 1930 (Marlinton): Eggs were 50 cents per dozen.
- Undated: Eggs sold for $1.50 per setting.
- November 27, 1877 (Summers County): Eggs sold at 12 1/2 cents per dozen.
Additional observations:
- Wise Herold, Manager at Herold's Grocery in Marlinton, W. Va. was willing to pay the market price for eggs.
- The Edray hatchery sold eggs for trout bait.
- A story about a mother hen and her chicks includes the line "if your father could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy".
- The supreme layers of Oak Crest Tancred Baby Chicks produced over 200 eggs per hen for 1928 customers who booked early for one-fourth of the season hatch.
- A duck belonging to Attorney David Arrington laid an egg with no shell; it had a soft membrane covering but no shell.
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