Show ELECTRIC LIGHTS TO I I ASSIST LAYING HENS Poultry Ien l Realize Their Value r alue and They Arc Used Extensively The practice of r lighting n tho hen hem house bouso by artificial ll lights I is something th that tIit t Is no longer a novell novelty lan Nau Many farmers farmer are ire lights Commercial h have vt their value alue and have Installed them thern It Is an nn OS established es es- fact that electric lights havn hava a S definite Influence on the normal production of oC the ln 1 laying stock says G. G W. W Hervey of oC the University of or Missouri Colle College e of or Agriculture This effect on egg eff production docs does not mean an Increased oo g yield for the year but It does docs mean an Increased number of eggs during durin tho tim winter season when the tho supply Is 18 low and prices are high In Missouri 1 yearling h hens ns yield about 15 per cent production from November 1 to Jannary January Jan Jan- uary nary 20 O under the rl right ht kind of man man- Then the production suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly jumps and continues and to rise until until un un- un- un til Ui the middle of or April And 11 remains at ata ata ata a maximum level lovel of between 50 and 60 per cent until the second week In May 1 a when It be begins gradually to de de- de dine cline The Tho problem then Is to get et the hens to shell out eggs durin during No No- vember ember December and early January It Is simply advancing normal production production tion lion ahead two months and a l h half Many different systems of using the lights aro being used Some poultry- poultry men turn on the lI lights at sundown an and shut them off ort a again aln at D 9 o'clock Others uso use the lI lights from 3 to 4 o'clock In the morning until da dawn n Sometimes this artificial illumination is given Iven both morning and nl night ht The Thc birds on the poultry farm of oC the of or Missouri are arc given e artificial light two and one half hours before dawn each day a Just as soon as the lights are arc turned on the attendant goes Joes through the pens and fills the water pails palls It has been lieen found that tha th the hens liens as soon as ns they Jump from Crom the perches Invariably go to the drinking palls pails for water and If IC It I Inot Is not then supplied they are not active It Is a good plan to throw a few hand fulls of scratch feed Into tho litter IIller when the pails palls aro are filled to get th the I birds to scratching Artificial light lightIng I Ing Is of or no value unless tho the birds ar armado are I made mado to exercise during the Increased lI light ht period Attempts to Increase I Ithe the working da day by turning on th the lights at nl night ht have havo not as yet ct me met with an- an any measure of success success success' at th the University of ot Missouri It Is found that after the hens aro are given Shen the regular regular reg reg- reg-I reg ular afternoon scratch ration they g gon go goon I on the perches whether whether- the lights ar are turned on or not At present night nigh I lighting Is not recommended |