Show H OF T AT FUM chickens under sun lamp show increase in egg production the following is an account of the experiment being conducted in cooperation with R T thurber local the telluride power co and the general electric co the purpose of the experiment peri ment is to determine the effect of ultraviolet ultra violet rays on poultry three sun lamps were installed in coop no 1 which housed birds the connecting coop contained also birds which did not receive the radiation the lights were applied on january 3 and for the first eight days there was no appreciable difference in the number of eggs laid from hariu january 11 to and including january 31 there was a constant increase in the number of eggs laid by the hens in the coop receiving the radiation the total number of eggs in the radiated coop for the 27 days of january is 2000 the number in the coop without radiation is 1770 making a total difference of eggs in what is known as the hospital coop the lights have been used on chickens that have had paralysis while but a few of these chickens have rete received ived the radiation the experiment thus far has not proved that it is a cure for this disease it is the opinion however of mr air thurber that the paralyzed chickens have shown a slight improvement this experiment peri ment will be carried on in the hope that the ultraviolet ultra violet ray will prove to be a cure for paralysis in chickens |