POULTRY
B6XS
MORE CHICKENS ARE WANTED
Farmtra Aro Urged by Department of
Aorleulturc to Otoek Their Farms
With More Poultry.
(From the Unlte.1 (Unit Department of
Aifrlculltira.)
Tho United Wales department of ag
riculture urge iin tunny nn pofwlhlo of
tho farmers uho havo not mixed chick
run to stock their farms thin yenr with
fowlN, enough at li'iiNt to supply tho
need of their own households. Thin
will lio a hit; factor In tho nntlon-wldo
campaign which will endeavor to clou
hlo thin year the chicken tmil egg pro
duction of tho United Htntoii. Accord
ing tO thO IlINt CtftlKUN, of tho 0,37l,MK!
fiirnm In (ho United States, 127,7-U1
rejKirted no egg production. Tho tnoro-chlcken-nnd-tnoriM'KK
campaign Is ex
peeled to dlnplnco millions of pound
of beef nnd pork In American menus
nnd send tho released product nrroHH
tho ocean to our soldiers, tho allien,
and tho huiiKry pvoplu of tho lands
ilovMMinti'il hy tho Prussian war torch.
Tim deparltneiit doeH not advise that
tho general fanner embark In cxten
Hlvo raiding of poultry, hut warns
aualiiNt such venturer. Hut It sees
no reason why every farm should not
produce enough chickens and eegs for
It own line, and why thero should not
ho enough surplus to tuako chickens
and eggs available to tho general pub
lie at reasonable prices and In such
miantltle that thcro wilt ho markedly
lent domestic demand for tho meat J
that tiro needed abroad and that can
ho transported there.
LIMBER NECK IN CHICKENS
Affliction Cnuied by Ptomaine Potaon-
Ing Prom Eating Decaying Flesh
Try to Prevent
Umber neck In chtckcutt In canned by
ptomaine poisoning from eating do
cnylng Ilenh. Whero fowls run at
, Jarso they frequently pick up dead
ratH, mlco or other animals and In
thin way hecomo nffected with tho
germs, which quickly cnuso death.
Wholo flockH aro sometimes wiped out
In tho course of a few weeks.
Prevention In tho best remedy. If
you aro losing chlckenn from thin
catiNO ttbut, up tho ttock and feed them
on sound, Nweet Kraln and feed. A
slmplo etTectlvo treatment In to uno
liormatiKauato of potash. Put an
Dad Case of Wry Neck.
ounce of tho crystals In a quart hot
tlo and 111! It with water. Add enough
of tlil to tho drinking water to glvo
It a rich purple color, and allow the
fowla no other wntor to drink. Fowls
which hIiow symptoms of tho dlsenso
nhould bo given a done night and morn
l"K.
ATTENTION TO BREEDING PEN
If Fowls Cannot De Kept In Qood
Health dive Range Improve
Quality by Culling.
If n yarded breeding pen cannot bo
kept I" vigorous health, then It la hot
ter to glvo fowla range, and depend on
Improvement In quality by careful cull
Iiik and grading up with tho beat pos
sible mules.
Hil l HtWHtH H-M-H-H-H;
WHY HATCH EARLY. ::
(Prepared tiy tho Unltcil RtntoB Ho- . !
, imrtnient of AtrrlctiUuro.)
Chickens hatched early In tho
i spring aro largo In tho summer,
I maturo early In tho fall, and lay '. '.
' eggs In tho winter. They will
I nit early tho following spring, !!
produco earlier chickens nnd ;;
tho process will bo repented by . .
tho offspring. ;
Hut tho chickens hatched Into
In tho spring will not maturo un- ;
III lato In tho fall bo Into that
thoy will not lay In tho wlntor. ; ',
Tliey will not sit until lato In . ."
tho following Bprlng-nnd ngnln ; ;
tho process will bo repeated. .
Tho Jury finds thnt Uio nrgu- ; ;
ment Is nil In favor of early -
hatching especially this year. 1 1
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THE COMING
JOFWE
11 II. K. O'NHII nj W. H. Ktrkpatrlck.
Of supremo moment is tho issuo of
tho war. Tho prico of wheat nnd tho
turn of Kill tics aro serious matters
but tho Third Liberty Loan mcami
more than all. It means
Slacking up tho boys who have been
sent to tho overseas battlefields.
Prompt and abundant loans of spare
cash to tho war treasury, in local trade
terms, is tho translation of money into
airplanes, guns, ammunition, provis
Reserves, Long Ready, Expected
to Turn Tide for Allies.
HUN LOSS ENORMOUS
German Advance Checked Situation
Optimistically Viewed Events
Show Withdrawal Planned.
With tho British Army In Franco
Tho nritish and French who co-oporato
nt tho junction of tho two armies.
aro viewing tho trond of the Gorman
offensive with optimistic eyes. Hard
fighting was In progress, but tho latest
roorts showed littlo or no chnngo in
tho situation in favor of tho enomy
sinco Sunday, whllo on tho other hand
tho defenders had pushed tho attacking
forces back after a bitter struggio and
wore holding strongly nlong tho whole
now front to which thoy had with-
drawn.
Fighting of n most dospornto naturo
has been continuous sinco tho initial
attack, but so far tho British Imvo
used few troops other than those which
wore holding tho front linos. These
shock troops have boon making as gal
lant u defense as was ever recorded in
tho annals of tho nritish army, and ns
a result thoy havo enabled tho main
body of tho forces to fall bnck dolibor-
atoly nnd without confusion and occupy
positions which had boon prepared long
boforo tho Gorman ofTonsivo began.
Tho Germans, on tho other hand.
oporating under tho eyes of tho emper
or and tho crown princo, Imvo boon
hurling vast hordes into tho frav with
uttor disregard for llvos and Imvo fol
lowed Into tho abandoned positions.
getting fnrtfior and farther awuy from
tnoir suppiios and tinding their com
munlcations'lncroasihgly dlfikult.
Moro than GO Gorlnnn divisions al
ready Imvo boon identified by actual
contact, and many of thoso mon woro
simply given two days' rations and
sent over tho top Into tho frightful
maelstrom mado by tho alllod artll-
ran ,.,. T 1 llffl
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COUNTER
ATTACK
IMPENDS
3D LIBERTY LOAN
ions, ships and ovary device of modern
war for tho American. War expendi
tures reach every avenuo vt business
in tho Northwest. ' -
Prepare- or tho Third Loan which
open Saturday, April 0, with Victory
celebrations ovcrywherc.
Tho governor and mayors will pro
claim tho significance and urgency of
participation in tho raising of our local
share of his .defense fund. Rallies.
I Icry, machine guns and rifles. The
j slaughter of tho enemy infantry as it
advanced in close formation' over the
open has been appalling.
Tho British losses hnvo, been within
tho bounds expected, duo to the tactics
of thocommandors. Tho allies havo
lost a considerable number of men in
prisoners and a certain number of
guns. But very few pieces. of arttllory.
havo boon taken by tho Germans since
tho first day. In fact, tho'wholo with
drawal has been executed in' a master-
ly manner, showing now tnqroughiy
tho British bad planned for tho, yexj
events which have occurred.
It Is permitted to say now what
some havo known for a long timo,
namoly, that tho British never Intond
ed to try to hold tho forward positions
in this region If tho Germans attacked
In tho forco expected.
There is every reason to believo that
harder fighting than has yet taken
placo will dovclop shortly. Tho Ger
mans, in tho British view, cannot now
hesitato in carrying on their attack.
and it Is a case of break through or ad
mit dofeat.
HUNS DRIVEN BACK
Fresh Attacks Fall and Foe is Forced
to Rccrosa Somme American
Engineers Aid in Battle.
British Army Headquarters in
Franco A furthor advance lato Sun
day by tho Germans at bo mo points
along the bnttlofront is reported.
American engineers havo again boon
in tho throes of fierce conflict in which
thoy havo dono excellent work in
transportation.
London FVftftti nttni-kR liv tlm flnr.
mnns hnvn tinvnlnnral nnrthwnnl ami
southward of Bapaume, tho war oflko
announcos.
Tho Tirltlnh rnlilllflfil nnwni-ful nf-
tacks Sunday afternoon northward of
Bapaumo.
Tho British droyo back to tho east
ward hank nf thn Rninrun IkvIIas nt
Gorman troopa .which had crossed tho
rivor botwoon Llcourt and Brio. Rnuth
of Poronno.
Tho Btntomont follows:
"Tho battlo continues with trrnnt
violenco on tho wholo front Powerful
attempts dolivorcd by tho chomy Sun
day afternoon 'and evening north of
Banauma worn lirmvllvrhnnlmul Dnlv
at one, point did tho Gorman infantry
i until uur icncuus, wiiuncu inoy wore
immodlatolv thrnwn nut Rlnnwtinrn
tho onomy'B attacks woro stopped by
rlfllo, machino gun and artillery firo in
open air gatherings, speeches, parades,
illuminations, the Ring-it-Again Lib
erty Bell on tho door of every house
hold, and bjr jBveryjneans, the citizens
6roufcbmmurnfy aro urged to forsake
all other activities and join in tho
spirit and tho work of tho day.
Begin buying a bond tho first dayl
This Is tho fast of, a series of car-
Ifwinft nnd itntrnna hv wnll known' Illiis-
tratora'anoT writers which will bo p"ub-
iisnea-in tnis paper.
PARIS SHELLEB BY
LONG RANGE
i Berlin, via London Paris has been
bombarded by German long-distance
guns, according to tho German official
J ,i , t i r , , , t
communication issueu aunaay nignu
Paris Tho German "monster can
non," 'which has been bombarding
Pans,, has been located in the forest
of St. Gobain, west of Laon and exact
ly .122 kilometers (approximately 76
miles) from tho Paris city hall.
The gun bombarded Paris during the
greater part of Sunday. The day was
ushered in by loud explosions from the
10-inch shells, and immediately tho
alarm to tako cover was sounded
front of our positions and his troops
wero driven back with great loss.
"During tho night and morning,
fresh hostilo attacks havo again do
veloped in this neighborhood and also
to tho south of Hapaume.
''South of Peronno bodies of German
troops who crossed the river between
Licourt and Brio wero driven back to
tho east bank by our counter attacks."
Persistent attacks with strong forces
of infantry and lavish uso of artillery
have not enabled tho Germans to break
through tho British dofonso, and, after
four days, tho great offensive blow in
Northern Franco has not yet brought a
decision for the attackers. Heavy
fighting is in progress nround Bapau
mo, near Poronno and whero tho Brit
ish and French fronts join.
U. S. ARTILLERY HURTS HUNS
Destroy Communication Lines, Ammu
nition Dumps and Billets.
With tho American Army in France
On tho Toul front thero was consid
erable artillery' activity during Sunday
night American guns heavily shelled
tho German front lino positions. En
omy bntteries replied, using many gas
sholls. Later photographs wero taken
from airplanes of tho damage, inflicted
by tho Amoricans. American artil
lory on tho Toul sector continued to
pholl ofTectively enomy first-lino and
communication trenches, tho town of
St Baussant and tho billots and dumps
north of Boquotoau. Many of the
American shells havo fallen in tho
Gorman tronches and tho first two lines
In at least ono placo have beon virtual
ly abandoned.
UN
$24,814 IN PREMIUMS
Awards at LcwUton Stock Show This
Year Will Double Those of 1917
Medals Alone Cost $1100.
Lcwiston, Idaho Tho Northwest
Llvo Stock show this year will offer
premiums totaling $24,814, as com
pared with $12,185 last year. In ad
dition to the cash prizes tho directors
voted to award medals to the value of
SHOO.
"This means that the Northwest
Live Stock show will bo placed on a
standard with Chicago as to classifica
tions, that our goal is to take a posi
tion with or close to the greatest live
stock shows of the country," said Sec
retary Hcndershot, who with President
Thomas Wren and General Superinten
dent D. S. Wallace, is inspecting the .
live stock grounds and buildings this
week to decide upon improvements.
Wilbur Aims to Lead in Crops.
Wilbur, Wash. Wilbur farmers are
seeding their crops, with hopes of lead
ing this county again. In 1917 Wil
bur ranked firstjn Lincoln county and
Lincoln county was fourth in rank for
wheat shipping in the state. Grain,
handled hero last year totaled 331,500
bushels. One carload of flour from the
Columbia River Milling company of
this place was on the Tuscania, accord
ing to Henry Davenport, who was also
on board. In the last few days this
point has yielded over 1,000,000 bush
els. To Seed Every Granger Acre.
Granger, Wash. Every available
acre of ground is being prepared for
seeding during the coming spring.
Many farmers, however, are discour
aged over the potato situation, many
of them purchasing seed potatoes last
spring at $80 to $100 per ton and now
receiving from $16 to $20 per ton, and
so closely culjed that enormous quan
tities aro being rejected and wasted.
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT
Wheat Bulk basis for No. 1 grado:
Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03.
White club, $2.01. Red Walla Walla,
$1.98. No. 2. grade, 3c less; No. 3
grade, 6c less. 'Other grades handled
by samples.
Flour -r- Patents, $10; whole wheat
$9.60; graham, $9.20; barley flour,
il313,25 per barrel; rye flour, $10.60
12.75 per "barrel; cornmeal, $5.75
per barrel.
Millfeed Net mill prices, car lots:
Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32; mid
dlings, $39; . mixed cars and less than
carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $77
79; rolled oats. $76.
Corn Whole, $77; cracked, $78 ton.
Hay Buying prices, delivered, East
ern Oreogn timothy, $27 per ton; val
ley timothy, $2425; alfalfa, $24
24.50; vaiiey grain hay, $22; clover,
$18; Btraw, $8.
Butter Cubes, extras, 47c pound;
prime firsts, 46c; prints, extras, 49c;
cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1,
51c delivered.
Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 35c
per dozen; candled, 3637c
Poultry Roosters, old, 2022c per
pound; stags, 2426c; springs, 27
28c; broilers, 35c; ducks, 3235c;
geese, 2021c; turkeys, live, 2627c;
dressed, 3537c
Veal Fancy, 2020c per pound.
Pork Fancy, 2121c
Vegetables Tomatoes, $2.75 per
crate; cabbage, 34c per pound; let
tuce, $22.25; cucumbers, $1.25
1.75 per dozen; cauliflower, $1.50
1.75 per crate; artichokes, 85c$l per
dozen; garlic, 7c; celery, $3.75 per
crate; peppers, 40c per pound;
sprouts, 21c; rhubarb, 1012c; aspar
agus, 1517c; peas, 17c per pound;
spinach, $1.25 per crate.
Sack Vegetables Carrots, $1.25
1.50 per sack; turnips, $1.50; pars
nips, $1.25.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 90c
1.10 per hundred; Yakimas, $1.25
1.35; sweet potatoes, 8c per pound.
Onions Jobbing prices, lljc per
pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 4465c per
pound; valley, 5055c; valley lamb,
4550e. ; mohair, long staple, full
year, 50c; six months, 40(350c; burry,
3540c
Cattle March 28, 1918.
Med. to choice steers. . . ,$11.0012.00
Good to med. steers 10.0011.00
Com. to good steers 8.5010.00
Choice cows and heifers. 9.0010.00
Com. to good cows and hf 8.00 9.50
Canners 4.25 6.25
Bulls 5.00 9.00
Calves 7.5012.00
Stockcrs and feedors. . . , 6.50 9.50
Hogs
Primo light hogs $16.8517.00
Prime heavy hogs 1G.6016.85
Pigs 14.7515.75
Bulk 16.85
Sheep
Westorn Iambs $15.0015.50
Valley lambs 14.5015.00
Yearlings 13.0013.50
Wethers 12.5013.00
Ewes 9.0012.00
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