CHAPTER VI 



Remarkable Results 



The Problem Solved. 



The installation of the electric light in two poultry houses, 

 which included the wiring, and the moving of the meter from 

 the second stoiy of the house to the basement, cost thirty 

 dollars. Two sockets were placed in each poultry house, one 

 socket in each house being used for a single lamp, and the 

 other one being provided with a Benjamin socket. 



In the Benjamin socket, in each house, an eight candle 

 power incandescent lamp was placed on one side and a sixty 

 candle power Tungsten lamp was installed on the other side, 

 and in the other socket another sixty candle power Tungsten 

 lamp. 



The reason for providing Benjamin sockets was, that we 

 wanted the small light to remain burning, to simulate dusk, 

 while the fowls were going to roost, after turning down the 

 larger lights. 



Double wiring, so as to have the smaller lamps on a 

 separate circuit and switch, would prove more convenient, 

 as it would enable us to turn the larger lights out, and leave 

 the smaller lights on, without having to go to the poultry 

 houses. 



For the purposes of this experiment, it was thought too 

 expensive to put in double wiring, so we unscrewed the larger 

 light in the Benjamin socket, and turned the other light out, 

 leaving the smaller or eight candle power lamp burning until 

 the fowls had all gone to roost. We then turned o& the 

 switch in the house, screwed up the loosened lamp in each 

 Benjamin socket, and turned the other individual lamp switches 

 on — thus leaving the lights already set for an early morning 

 light, by turning the switch in the house at any time desired. 



We found that the eight candle power lamp was too good 

 a light to leave for the fowls to go to roost. We went visiting 

 one evening, and left the smaller lights going, and when we 



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