118 POULTRY 
the switch. It is an arrangement which any 
man can attach, and it is cheap. 
Not All Birds to Be Lighted. Not all 
hens, under all conditions, and of all ages, 
should necessarily be lighted. It has been 
found by experience that it is poor economy 
to try to light a flock of hens in their second 
laying year until they have completely 
molted, grown a new coat of feathers, and 
started in to increase their egg production. 
Then the lights may be used, at such time 
as to give a fourteen-hour day. 
Lighting at Morning. If the lights are 
used in the morning only, practically all of 
the birds—good, bad, and indifferent—will 
get down from the roosts and go to scratching 
and eating. It has been found that the so- 
called “evening lunch”—that is, getting 
the birds up at eight o’clock at night and 
keeping them up until nine or half past—has 
given very good results; but it seems to the 
author that it makes a poultryman’s day 
much longer and much more complicated 
than the morning-light system. 
Lighting of Pullets. Early-hatched pul- 
lets, which are to be used as breeders and 
