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THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



of abdomen; three fingers out of condition shows she has 

 shrunken three fingers in depth of abdomen. 



FIG. 21 Showing hen two fingers out of condition. The 

 flesh is shrunken away from the breast-bone to about the depth 

 indicated by the middle line on the finger in Fig. 23, which is about 

 the mMdle of the first joint. This shows that she is two fingers 

 less in abdominal depth than when in good condition. 



Fig. 21 is still thinner, as reader can see by the breast-bone. 

 We call her two fingers out of condition. 



FIG. 22 Showing hen three fingers out of condition. This 

 hen would be three fingers less in abdominal depth than when in 

 good condition. 



