no A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 



winter months, they cannot make up the deficiency necessary 

 to qualify, as heavy layers, by any summer laying records. 



It is a safe conclusion that heredity alone will not give 

 us good producers. Heredity must be supplemented by good, 

 well regulated, and liberal feeding of balanced rations, to- 

 gether with a plentiful and constant supply of good drinking 

 water. Only in this way can we turn to full advantage the 

 hereditary qualities, which were transmitted to our birds. 



We must give our flocks good quarters in which to work, 

 and must keep these quarters in a wholesome and sanitary 

 condition, as a requisite to that health and vigor, without 

 which we cannot expect or obtain satisfactory results. 



"Playing electric light jokes on the chicks" will not make 

 them "lay for it," unless we give them plenty of opportunity 

 to make use of this light. A longer business day will not feed 

 the hens. Many will jump to the conclusion that artificial 

 light hy lengthening the day, will make their hens produce. 

 Artificial light will lengthen the day, but will not and cannot 

 be of any practical benefit to anyone who tries this innovation, 

 unless such a person is also a liberal provider of food for his 

 flocks. 



Egg Producing as a Business Proposition 



The author would place the value of artificial light to a 

 flock of 2,000 layers at not less than $800 per year in in- 

 creased production. This light, however, must be bright 

 enough to flood the houses with light — not a mere glimmer. 



Nothing could be further from the author's intention than 

 to have the reader of this little work jump to the conclusion, 

 from what has been written in the foregoing pages, that 

 anyone can engage in the poultry business, and make a living 

 or a competence, out of the business of producing eggs. 



Like every other business, this business requires studv, 

 and attention to business aflfairs; and to enter this business 

 without the necessary ability, or qualifications, cannot help 

 but prove disastrous. 



Many enter this business as a result of dreams that won't 

 and can't come true. This business has some advantages, 

 however, over other businesses — chief among which is the 

 fact, true in all civilized countries, that the market has not 

 been, and is not likely to be, fully supplied with good fresh 



