Show lights to increase eggs the question ot of the number of hours of artificial light required in poultry houses to get maximum egg production has resulted in numerous us tests being made mada by state experiment peri ment stations latest of these tests was made by washington agricultural experiment station and records show that best results are obtained by providing laying hens with 13 hours of light each day variation in light intensity at the feed trough from I 1 toot foot candle to 31 loot foot candles was tried without sect effect on body weight mortality feed intake or egg production as long as the total hours ot of light per day did not drop below 13 any decrease below 13 hours resulted in a lowered rate of 0 egg production any increase above 13 hours brought too small an increase in ogg egg production to be worthwhile |