THE CALL OF THE HEN. 103 



3 /ie pelvic bone 250-egg type 



Y 4 pelvic bone 235-egg type 



5 /i 6 pelvic bone 220-egg type 



3 / 8 pelvic bone 205-egg type 



Vie pelvic bone 190-egg type 



l / 2 pelvic bone 175-egg type 



V 16 pelvic bone 160-egg type 



5 /s pelvic bone 145-egg type 



11 /IB pelvic bone 130-egg type 



3 /4 pelvic bone 115-egg type 



13 / 16 pelvic bone 100-egg type 



7 /s pelvic bone. 85-egg type 



15 /ie pelvic bone 70-egg type 



1-in. pelvic bone 55-egg type 



17 /IB pelvic bone 40-egg type 



I 1 / 8 pelvic bone 25-egg type 



l 3 /ie pelvic bone 10-egg type 



I 1 / 4 pelvic bone 0-egg type 



We consider the male bird of so much importance that we 

 have made seven charts for his classification as to egg and 

 meat types. See Charts A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. While 

 Chart A may not be needed and Chart B used very seldom, 

 we thought it best to include them. All old poultry men and 

 stock-raisers know that so many considerations enter into 

 the breeding and raising of live stock of all kinds that it is 

 impossible to lay down hard-and-fast rules that can be de- 

 pended upon beforehand to bring definite results in all parallel 

 cases. This is written as a caution to beginners, especially 

 to those whose experience has been at the desk or behind the 

 counter. 



Fig. 46 shows a cock bird four fingers 'abdomen and Figi 

 47 shows the same bird 1 /&-mch pelvic bone, making him a 

 265-egg type bird. 



The reader will see by Figs. 46 and 47 that we use the 

 same methods to determine the egg- value of a male bird as we 

 use for the hen, except that we do not think it advisable to 

 take the matter of condition into consideration, or rather it is 

 better not to lay down rules in the matter, as it is very hard 

 to keep the egg-type birds in good condition; but I try to 

 keep my cock birds in good flesh and not over one finger 



