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abdomen hen if in condition, Ys-inch pelvic bone. We look on Chart 

 5 at V pelvic bone, and find she is a 235-egg type hen. 



Our next hen may be a five-finger-abdomen hen, as in Fig. 16; 

 she may be in good condition, as in Fig. 19, and her pelvic bones may be 



CHART 4. 

 Four-finger Abdomen. 



Vie pelvic bone 220 eggs 



Vs pelvic bone 205 eggs 



3 /i 6 pelvic bone 190 eggs 



Y 4 pelvic bone 175 eggs 



5 /ie pelvic bone 160 eggs 



'/ pelvic bone . 145 eggs 



7 /ie pelvic bone 130 eggs 



l /t pelvic bone 115 eggs 



9 /ie pelvic bone 100 eggs 



B / pelvic bone 85 eggs 



n /i6 pelvic bone 70 eggs 



3 / 4 pelvic bone 55 eggs 



13 /ie pelvic bone 40 eggs 



7 /s pelvic bone 25 eggs 



15 /ie pelvic bone 40 eggs 



1-in. pelvic bone eggs 



Vie of an inch, as in Fig. 24. She will read five fingers abdomen; con- 

 dition good; pelvic bones Yie-inch. We look on Chart 5 at Y 

 pelvic bone, and find she is a 250-egg type hen. 



CHART 5. 

 Five-finger Abdomen. 



Yie pelvic bone 250 eggs 



Ys pelvic bone 235 eggs 



3 /i 6 pelvic bone 220 eggs 



*/4 pelvic bone 205 eggs 



Vie pelvic bone 190 eggs 



3 /8 pelvic bone 175 eggs 



Vie pelvic bone , 160 eggs 



Y pelvic bone 145 eggs 



9 /ie pelvic bone 130 eggs 



5 /s pelvic bone 115 eggs 



n /i6 pelvic bone 100 eggs 



3 / 4 pelvic bone 85 eggs 



13 /ie pelvic bone 70 eggs 



Ys pelvic bone 55 eggs 



16 /ie pelvic bone 40 eggs 



1-in. pelvic bone 25 eggs 



lYie pelvic bone 10 eggs 



l l /s pelvic bone eggs 



