Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1919 — ILLUMINATING POULTRY HOUSES [ARTICLE]

ILLUMINATING POULTRY HOUSES

vancement has been made tn lighting poultry houses In the. It has been found that by turning on electric lights or bright Ught gasoline “lamps at twilight and continuing the liuht until nine o'clock ut night the egg production is materially increased. Most poultrymen who use this system also turn on lights at six or six-thirty on the winter mornings. Prof. F. C. Hare, of the division of poultry husbandry, Clemson college, S. C., recently returned from Cornell university, where he lectured at the Cornell summer course, reports that the experiments conducted at Cornell university last year went-to prove that the best results were obtained by turn- ' Ing on the lights at three .o’clock in

go tv roost at the usual time. However, this simply backs up the statement made in California, where this system originated, that it is only necessary to increase the hours of daylight to summer conditions. If you wake up the birds very early, they should go to bed at dusk.