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THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



(arrow 1, Fig. 35) from the base of the brain (arrow 4, Fig. 35) 

 cannot be measured accurately. 



The reader will notice that my thumb-nail is ahead of my 

 forefinger-nail in Fig. 39; this indicates that this hen is wholly 

 lacking in the ability to transmit any redeeming qualities to 

 her offspring, also that she has no desire for offspring. If this 

 were a male bird, the eggs from his matings would be infertile. 

 Fig. 40 shows thumb on line with forefinger. Matings from 

 this type of head would not produce very fertile eggs, and the 

 progeny would deteriorate each year if they were bred from 

 stock with heads like this. If the parents were 200-egg type, 

 their egg-yield and vitality would be reduced each generation 



FIG. 41 Showing thumb | of an inch behind forefinger; 

 indicating hen has prepotency full. (See Skull No. 2, Fig. 35.) 



