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anything else that would keep the bird from seeing or getting an 

 abundance of food. (Figs. 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, and 226.) 



FIG. 220 



FIG. 221 



FIG. 220. The hen that has laid. Shanks, beak and vent bleached out until they are 

 perfectly white. Lay bones wide apart and pliable. A bird with good length of body 

 and plenty of depth. 



FIG. 221. The hen that has been a poor layer. Shanks, beak and vent yellow, lay 

 bones thick, contracted and hard. A bird with a depressed eye and evidences of excessive 

 fat and age. 



FIG. 222 



FIG. 223 



FIG 222 This Leghorn hen laid 291 eggs last year. She shows every quality of high 

 fecundity. On October 1st she was still laying, had not molted and was white in all sections. 



FIG 223. This Leghorn hen laid 36 eggs last year. . Her chief occupation is looking 

 neat and pretty. She molted in July and was still yellow in all sections on October 1st. 



