American Agriculturist, September 22, 1923 
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The Factor of Intensity of Light 
(Continued from 'page 191) 
pens apply the general' rule to each 
pen. 
9. Let me advise again that the use 
of lights alone will not produce re¬ 
sults, The method of handling and 
the use of light must be combined to 
get the profits which progressive poul- 
trymen - are enjoying. 
LIGHT INCREASES OUR EGG 
YIELD 
MRS. FLOYD OWEN 
Perhaps it may be of interest to the 
many readers of the American Agri¬ 
culturist who, like ourselves, desire the 
convenience of modern improvements 
on their farms to hear of the installa¬ 
tion of our farm lighting system. 
Throughout the summer we visited 
different places where plants were 
being used and read £11 articles we 
could find on this subject. We were 
particularly interested in the subject 
can tell about how soon to disconnect 
the lights. 
The lights are placed on a rafter and 
all wiring is through conduit. A 25- 
watt bulb is sufficient for a 10x10 coop. 
A 40-watt is sufficient for a 10x20 coop, 
and will light up a 12x24 if placed near 
the middle of the coop lengthwise and 
about five feet from the front of the 
coop. Some of the coops have switches 
in, but this is unnecessary as one can 
remove the bulbs if the coops are not 
to be lighted. 
All barn wires are run through con¬ 
duits and the lights, which are placed 
against the ceiling, are. operated by 
switches. This puts the lights up out 
of the way and the switch, which does 
not cost much, makes it convenient to 
light the lamps or bulbs. 
There are no switches in the smaller 
buildings, such as garage, milkroom, 
and wellhouse, a pull chain socket 
being used. The light over the engine 
in the wellhouse is suspended by a 
drop-cord long enough to allow the 
Figure 2 —A light of the same power as in Figure 1, but with a more 
abrupt reflector, which does not hit the perches, resulting in some of the 
birds remaining on the roosts 
from the poultryman’s point of view 
as we had a fine flock of 400 Single 
Comb White Leghorn hens and pullets 
in fine condition to make a good winter 
egg record. 
The plant itself is placed on a good 
concrete foundation which extends into 
the ground about eighteen inches and 
is quite a little larger than the base 
of the plant. The battery cells are 
placed on two shelves at the back of 
the plant. Plenty of room should be 
left around the piant, especially at the 
back, for convenience in running and 
caring for both plant and batteries. 
Each set of buildings is put on a 
switch of its own and the line to the 
henhouse and the one to the colony 
coops are separate wires from the main 
line that runs to the barn. This makes 
it possible to light or cut out any of 
these buildings at the house without 
affecting the current going to another. 
By pushing in the proper switches we 
light the henhouses in the morning 
about 4:30 and run until daylight, and 
at night from dusk until 6 o’clock. By 
feeding the hens at night (at about 
5:30) more than we know they can eat, 
there is always some left for morning, 
and as soon as the lights are turned 
on the hens leave the perches and get 
busy in the straw to find an early 
breakfast. 
Many eggs are laid before 6 o’clock 
and the hens are kept busy until 6 at 
night by feeding about five ‘times a 
day. The increase in production has 
been very satisfactory. I have told 
of my methods in another story to 
the readers of our valuable paper. One 
of the henhouses has been recently 
whitewashed and we find this adds a 
lot to the effectiveness of the lights. 
We find there is no need of any dim¬ 
ming device as the hens will go to 
roost at night when they have eaten a 
good meal and by a few nights one 
light to be taken to any part of the 
engine or pump where needed. We 
have two trouble lamps, one at the 
house, the _ other at the barn, which 
may be joined together if necessary. 
These can be connected with any socket 
and used wherever desired. A double 
socket is a great convenience as one 
can iron and have a light at the same 
time. There are many other conven¬ 
iences that we expect to get from time 
to time, but the first will be a deep 
well pump with pressure tank. 
We have nothing but praise for the 
farm lighting plant and hope these few 
notes will help someone to install their 
plant. _ 
$1.00 MORE PER HEN 
The value of electricity in increasing 
egg production is well emphasized by 
the experience of G. W. Belden of 
Richford, N. Y. He has used his plant 
for three winters and knows whereof 
he speaks. 
“We use thirteen 25-watt lights in 
our henhouse,” says Mr. Belden, “in 
addition to lighting a ten-room house, 
also our barn and shops. As to the 
results of lighting the henhouse, as near 
as we can tell, we made about $1 per 
hen extra the first year our plant was 
installed, which paid for the plant and 
all the wiring and fixtures. When we 
consider the extra eggs we get during 
the winter and the use of the power, 
we think we have made a decidedly 
good investment; for we use the plant 
for cutting all of our wood and for 
other uses around the farm.” 
Do not change the rations fed to 
hens suddenly. It will cause a check 
in egg production. Culling is of little 
value unless the hens are properly fed 
through the summer months. 
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