Show I 1 ly OULI ay 0 r A T I 1 USING LIGHTS IN WINTER HOUSES it Is wise to tw c thinking about the of the poultry house for the winter there Is IB no unar tiny huea tion that lint for the short days many of which are cloudy the egg CR production van bp be very definitely increased by bv supplying artificial light to tho the laying floal till ha hns been tried out at experiment stations und and by thou thousands santIS of practical the idon iden la Is perfectly simple the hen cuts only when it la Is light if tho the clays are short sho she cuts only a n short imp site she eta nil all her crop will hold but when she stays ou the roost from early curly afternoon till oil and until into in the morning in the winter sho she tills ima not beell lible alite to ont eat enough food to last tier her tho the whole time thero there fore site she la Is idle for several hours houra when she ahu could just ns bo be more food and more eggs tho the method of if sing tho the lights la Is to tarn them on oil for 20 minutes to halt half art an hour in the evening perhaps about nine or near hed bedtime time tho ens soon learn what it means ells when the lights RO on and they hop off arbot immediately end to ort feed As aa soon ns as they get their crops full they start atari nick buck onto the lie roosts boosts and in half nn an hour they are oil all back and the lights enn RO go out find and tit the tiny day till tins been made just that taftt much longer for them in the cage caa of acetylene nce tylene lights which have often been used some ur of n pilot ellit Is ie necess necessary which turns on the he bright llata ae when wanted in the case of af electric lights these can be on by hand from the house or from the door of tho the poultry house or in some cases they araj operated by clockwork being turned on at a certain time and automatically mati cally turned olt oft after a certain time |