66 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



1 / 2 inch, as in Fig. 28. She would read four ringers abdomen; 

 in good condition; 1 / 2 -inch pelvic bones. We will see by 

 Chart 4 that this is a 115-egg type hen. 



Our next hen may be a four-finger-abdomen hen; con- 

 dition good; pelvic bones 1 inch thick. We would read her 

 as a four-finger abdomen; condition good; pelvic bones 1 inch. 

 If we look on Chart 4 at 1-inch pelvic bones, we will find 

 this hen will lay approximately nothing. 



Our next hen may be a four-finger-abdomen hen, one 

 finger out of condition, Vs-inch pelvic bone. She would in- 

 dicate a 205-egg type hen under her present condition, but 

 we would read her four fingers abdomen, one finger out of 

 condition; that would mean a five-finger-abdomen hen if in 

 condition, Vs-inch pelvic bone. We look on Chart 5 at l /$ 

 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 Vie of an inch, as in Fig. 24. She will 

 read five fingers abdomen; condition good; pelvic bones Vie 



CHART 5. 



Five-finger Abdomen. 



Vie pelvic bone 250 eggs 



I / 8 pelvic bone 235 eggs 



3 /ie pelvic bone 220 eggs 



*/4 pelvic bone 205 eggs 



5 /ie pelvic bone 190 eggs 



3 / 8 pelvic bone 175 eggs 



Vie pelvic bone 160 eggs 



1 /z pelvic bone 145 eggs 



9 /i6 pelvic bone 130 eggs 



5 /s pelvic bone 115 eggs 



II /IB pelvic bone 100 eggs 



3 /4 pelvic bone 85 eggs 



13 /i6 pelvic bone 70 eggs 



7 / 8 pelvic bone 55 eggs 



15 /IB pelvic bone 40 eggs 



1-in. pelvic bone 25 eggs 



IVie pelvic bone 10 eggs 



IVs pelvic bone eggs 



