262 



POULTRY PRODUCTION 



|)rn!)lein is proving to he largely a feeding ])rol)lem and will 

 l>e discussed in that coiniecti(»n in a later cha])tcr. 



h\ir the present ])urp(»se it may he said that proper lighting 

 accompanied hy ])roper feeding markedly increases the "winter 

 egg ])rodnction of ])nllets, and nndcr certain circumstances, 

 jirohahl}' of yearling hens. 



While rather early to ])ass final judgment, it now appears 

 ])rol)able that where electric current is available and eggs are 

 l)ro(hiced as a source of money income rather than to su])ply 

 the home table, lights should forin a part of tlie equi[)ment of 

 the i)oultry house. 



Fi.:. i:;s 



V.'CCKj FKOn ^o^ 1 I'-:)I3 



Sliiiwiii^' t;i:il'liH>all\- tlir ii'hition l.t-lwc.-n Ihc pur cent (of perfect) egg 



I.roductinn, tciii| icral inc and lajurs of Miiilif;lit. (Temperature and egg 



production per cents from tlie data of Card, Storrs (Conn.) liulletin, No. 91.) 



Uice' advises the use of lights which allow one watt to 

 li to S scjuare feet of floor space, assuming the walls are white 

 and reflectors are used. Lewis- has shown that two com- 

 paratively small lights are preferable to a single large one 



1 ( 'ornell Poullry Ucparlmcnt, Stencil No, Illlil. 

 I'aper read i)ef(jre Thirteenth Annual <_'on\-enti(>n of American A.ssocia- 

 lion of Instructors and Investigators of Poultry Husbandry. 



