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Show LIGHTS PROMOTE EGGS IN WINTER Scratch Feed Is Scattered in Litter Previous Night. Egg production can be profitably Increased In-creased during winter months through the use of artificial lighting, suggests I 0. C. Ufford, extension poultryinan ' for the Colorado Agricultural college. I "Hens normally lay the most eggs In the spring and early summer when there is the greatest amount of daylight," day-light," Mr. Ufford declares. "It 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." There are three methods of artificially arti-ficially lighting the henhouse by the use of an automatic clock. Probably the most popular method is that of turning on the tights between 4 and t a. m. and keeping them on until daylight. day-light. The morning scratch feed is .scattered In the litter the night before. Sometimes a combination of morning morn-ing and evening lights is used, the evening lights being turned oa about i p. m. and kept on until 6:30 or 7 p. m., 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 to go to roost at the regular time, but arouses them when the lights are turned on about 8 p. m., when a feed of grain is scattered in the litter. This brings the birds off the roosts for about an hour for grain, mash and water, and then they are sent back to roost by the use of dimmers. This lunch prevents them from becoming hungry during the winter nights and enables them to better resist cold weather. |