Show P S ry V U L r BAMBOOZLE HENS BY USING LIGHTS lengthening day must be done carefully to pay beang notoriously simpleminded simple minded the tha lien hen can readily be bamboo bamboozler bamboozled by the use of electric lights into working 14 hours vi a day during the w winter inter but the trick Is a good one oab only when it works and the careless or ignorant user of lights can do his flock more damage than the extra eggs will pay for the theory of the thing Is that having havin g more light the hen will eat more food which will enable her to lay more eggs A series of cautions for the user of lights in the poultry house Is found on oil the ohio state poultry calendar they are as follows 1 grade and pen pullets according to age condition and laying qualities so that each group may be properly handled 2 excessive fall production makes it hard to keep the flock in heavy production during the winter 3 dont use lights to produce more than a 14 hour day excessive use of ll 11 lights abts means overproduction followed by a slump 4 to avoid a spring molt discontinue lights slowly in the spring 5 use lights on breeders bleeders bre eders only after Janu January aryl 1 to 15 in order to help them back into production 0 dont crowd production over GO 00 per cent otherwise the flock will become thin and molt 7 be regular in management and the use of lights 8 feed grain liberally when using lights 9 always have feed and water available when lights are on 30 10 do not turn lights off too early la in the spring 11 do not stop feeding early nod and late in the day when lights are finally ellmina eliminated ted |