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We look on Chart 3 at Yie-mch pelvic bone, and find that 

 this hen is a 180-egg type. 



CHART 3. 

 Three-finger Abdomen. 



Vie pelvic bone 180 eggs 



1 / 8 pelvic bone 166 eggs 



3 /ie pelvic bone 152 eggs 



: /4 pelvic bone 138 eggs 



Vie pelvic bone 124 eggs 



3 / 8 pelvic bone 110 eggs 



7 /ie pelvic bone 96 eggs 



I /2 pelvic bone 82 eggs 



9 /i6 pelvic bone . 68 eggs 



5 /s pelvic bone . 54 eggs 



II /i6 pelvic bone 40 eggs 



3 /4 pelvic bone 26 eggs 



13 /i6 pelvic bone 12 eggs 



7 / 8 pelvic bone , eggs 



We will drop her and take another. She may be another 

 three-finger-abdomen hen, like Fig. 14; she may be in good 

 condition, like Fig. 19, and her pelvic bone may be ^ inch 

 thick, like Fig. 28. She would read three fingers abdomen; 

 good condition ; V2-inch pelvic bone. We will look on Chart 3 

 at * / 2 -inch pelvic bone, and find this hen is an 82-egg type hen. 



We will take another hen. She may be a three-finger 

 abdomen, like Fig. 14; she may be in good condition, like 

 Fig. 19, and her pelvic bone may be 3 /4 of an inch thick, as 

 in Fig. 29. We will read her as a three-finger-abdomen hen; 

 in good condition; 3 / 4 -inch pelvic bone. We will look on 

 Chart 3 at 3 /4-inch pelvic bone, and find she is a 26-egg type 

 hen. 



We will pick up another hen. She may be three-finger 

 capacity, as in Fig. 14; she may be three fingers out of con- 

 dition, as in Fig. 22, and her pelvic bones may be Vie of an 

 inch thick, as in Fig. 24. We would read this hen as a three- 

 finger abdomen; three fingers out of condition; and Vie-mch 

 pelvic bone. When a hen is three fingers out of condition 

 she is in a serious way. She may have been sitting or laying 

 heavily and have been underfed. In either case, good care 



