Show artificial DAY FAVORED BY HEN poultry flock given more time for eating and exercising during winter season INCREASES EGG production many farmers Farrr ers find it profitable to illuminate houses for several hours each day to enczur age the pullets Doi dolc nete uc fowls originated eliminated tn in tile tropics win ie tile the days and ainu nights tire lire af f about equal length As a result of tills alii the reproductive and digestive sv thins if t the lie lien lie are developed to fit llio ahe 11 airov ent of it 12 hour adny an 1 l 1 i I 1 hour loin night lor for tills rel loii loli alie lie is like till 1111 alarm alarin dock clock except that ali it she lio inest be wound up about oin 12 1 hours liams instead ot of every eur 24 in ili the intel tit ID tire north tier her digest lv itan ni ili albut 3 or 01 1 in lie hie As slie site Is unable 11 howato ain tto food lit in the dark she e tt fins fills no I 1 t but to until daylight ur until the lie cirreta ker gets ets birou 11 ll t tn tier fon babi habits t s not 0 t nature changed up lit in the alio ne zolie where during tile tho fiill fall und iiii vil titer tile ts nip alto broin 11 to 15 1 hour long tile lie doine tIc fowl fol from tile tho tr ollies tills li is clitu ived il tier lier habits but nut mit tier lier nature during dm inn tills wile time haip till tillo i liei her vocation nhen liou site she has tile halit if it it lo 10 eit eat and to do tills is front froin w cassity i illier than from choice dimico for foi glon given nil an opp opportune ity to 1 cat exor cic nul and enjoy hersel I 1 for 12 hours a day d iv I 1 ilio lio lie lays nearly marly if not lot quite so null as a during tin OIL sul illner months month acting oil en alis tl Is thew y many man poultry lic lictus TVS bitne found it profitable taLle to light their poultry lindos for several se ial hours flours cach d ay is this lengthened day together with lite lie ii ht kind of feed find and plat nty of has bien been found to to 0 o a marked degree the number if f egg told laid liy by pullets in tile the fall and gvinter it lines does not I 1 to D p provide lovide light for older hells A 14 hour day for the laying lading flock durl during ng the winter months lii Is the hie alia aim of those who tire arr following tills practice tice tire being carried on oil by the united states department or of agriculture at it thy the poultry farm at beltsville nil md for or t tho lie pui pose of se curina more moie dilta on tills I 1 or large A shaped coop used by government poultry farm in artificial lighting experiments phase of 0 poultry VOT work the results remits secured thus far corroborate the testimony of others ns as to the value of illumination in hen houses the birds used in the lie government experiments tire fed four times a day tilt eight twelve four and some time after dark this aliis last feed Is tor for the birds brenk breakfast fast in addition to the four feeds a dry do Is kept constantly before the birds by bv means ino ins of an ordinary alarm clock tin nn electric switch Is turned on about 4 30 in the morning care Is taken to increase tile the length of abel the |