Show ii ii ie BAMBOOZLE HENS BY USING LIGHTS lengthening day 1 must lust be done carefully to pay being notoriously simpleminded simple minded the tha lien can be bamboozled bamboozler by the tha uso use of electric lights into working 14 hours a lay day during the winter but the trick Is a goot good one only when it works and the careless or ignorant user of lights can do his lock flock more damage than the extra eggs gs will pay for the theory of the thin thing isthan Is that having more light the hen will eat more food which will enable her to lay more eggs A series of cautions for the user of lights in the poultry house is found tin the ohio state poultry calendar they are as follows 1 grade and pen pullets according to ago age condition and laying qualities so that each group may be properly handled 2 excessive fall production makes it t hard to keep the flock in heavy production during tho the winter 3 dont use lights to produce more than a 14 hour day excessive use of lights means overproduction followed b by a slump 4 to abold a spring molt discontinue lights slowly in the spring 5 use lights on breeders bleeders bre eders only after january 1 to 15 in order to help them back into production C G dont crowd production over CO 60 per cent otherwise the flock will become fill thin and molt 7 be regular in management and the use of lights 8 feed grain liberally when using lights 9 always have feed and water available when lights are on 10 do not turn lights off too early in the spring 11 do not stop feeding early and late in the day when lights are finally eliminated |