76 A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 



The light was turned on, on the 21st of August. The 

 family at this time was away in Michigan, and did not return 

 until September 5th. On this account the daily mash had 

 been fed to the hens in early morning; but, after turning on 

 the light, this procedure was changed, and it was fed at 

 seven thirty p. m. after arriving home from business. 



The five days previous to and including August 21st 

 produced an output of eighty-nine eggs, and the five days 

 thereafter produced seventy-seven eggs ; and from there on 

 the birds started in to produce again, and produced one thou- 

 sand one hundred seventy-three eggs in September as against 

 seven hundred nineteen for the September previous ; and pro- 

 duced one thousand five hundred twenty eggs in October as 

 against two hundred thirty-seven eggs in October, 1913 — this 

 in the face of the fact that in August, 1914, we received only 

 eight hundred sixty-six eggs as against one thousand one hun- 

 dred ninety-two eggs in August, 1913. 



We had once more acted on the suggestion to "Ask the 

 birds, their judgment is good." 



We received eggs which will compare as follows : 



Winter of 1913-1914 Winter of 1914-1915 



Month Hens Pullets Month Hens Pullets 



September 717 2 September 1,1S6 17 



October 107 130 October 1,191 329 



November 108 560 November 822 421 



December 247 810 December 556 651 



January 191 586 January 789 694 



Totals 1,370 2,088 Totals 4514 2,112 



There were about the same number of hens, at this period, 

 in each year; but there were less pullets in 1914 so that both 

 the hens and the pullets profited in production by the longer 

 days. 



As stated before, the pullets always did fairly well in the 

 winter season. 



In January, 1914, when the lights were first installed, they 

 were turned on from about six a. m. until seven or seven 

 thirty a. m. — depending upon whether the morning was dark 

 or bright, and were turned on at dusk until about seven thirty 

 p. m. On February 28th, 1914, the whole family were in 

 Chicago, so the lights were left going, and when we arrived 



