52 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



it's up to her owner to right the wrong, and when we do 

 right the wrong, the hen will come back into condition and 

 her abdomen will then measure two fingers instead of one fin- 

 ger. We must therefore read her as a two fiingered abdomen 

 hen, l-16th Pelvic Bone, when by looking on our Chart No. 2, 

 we find her capacity would be 96 eggs her first laying year if 

 we kept her in condition. 



We will drop her and take another hen out of the crate. 

 This hen may be a one fingered abdomen hen as in Fig. 12. 

 When we examine her for condition we find her as in Fig. 21. 

 This indicates that she is two fingers out of condition; her 

 Pelvic Bone may be l-16th of an inch. Under her present 

 condition, she might lay 36 eggs her first laying year, whereas, 

 if she was kept in good condition she might 1 lay 180 eggs. 



W T e will drop this hen and take another one. She may be 

 two fingers abdomen and her breast bone may be as in Fig. 

 19. Her Pelvic Bone may be l-16th of an inch. We would 



CHART 2. 

 Two Fingers Abdomen. 



1-16 pelvic bone 96 eggs 



1-8 pelvic bone 87 eggs 



3-16 pelvic bone 78 eggs 



1-4 pelvic bone 69 eggs 



5-16 pelvic bone. 60 eggs 



3-8 pelvic bone 51 eggs 



7-16 pelvic bone 42 eggs 



1-2 pelvic bone 33 eggs 



9-16 pelvic bone 24 eggs 



5-8 pelvic bone 15 eggs 



11-16 pelvic bone 6 eggs 



3-4 pelvic bone eggs 



read her as a two fingered hen in good condition, Pelvic Bones 

 l-16th of an inch thick. We will look on Chart two at Pelvic 

 Bones 1-16 and find she is a 96 egg type hen. 



We will drop her and take another from the crate. She 

 may be two fingers abdomen and two fingers out of condition 

 as in Fig. 21, with Pelvic Bones l-4th of an inch thick. She 

 would read two fingers abdomen and two fingers out of condi- 



