Show N Y LIGHTS PROMOTE EGGS IN WINTER scratch feed Is scattered in litter previous ibus night egg production can be profitably ill increased during winter wilder months through the use of artificial lighting suggests 0 0 ufford extension for the colorado agricultural college hens normally lay the most eggs in the spring and early summer when there la Is the greatest amount of daylight mr air ufford declares it lias has been found that by prolonging the period of light during winter days a higher average egg production will be obtained than when artificial light Is not used 11 there are three methods of artificially fici ally lighting the henhouse by the use of an automatic clock probably most popular method ni thod is that of turning on oil the lights between 4 and b a rn in and keeping them on until daylight the morning scratch feed Is scattered inthe in the litter the night before sometimes a combination of morning and evening lights is used the evening lights being turned on about 4 p m and kept on until or 7 p ra when the birds are sent to roost by automatically dimming the lights before they are entirely turned off the lights are turned on again by the clock early in the morning the evening lunch method permits the birds bird to go to roost at the regular time but arouses cheni when the lights are burned turned on about 8 p in when a feed of grain Is scattered in the litter this brings the birds off the roost boosts s for about an hour for grain mash and water and then they are sent back to roost by the use of df din dimmers imers this lunch prevents them from becoming 9 hungry during the life winter winfer nights a and nd enables them to better resist cold weather |