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CHART 5. 

 Five Fingers Abdomen. 



1-16 pelvic bone 250 eggs 



1-8 pelvic bone 235 eggs 



3-16 pelvic bone 220 eggs 



1-4 pelvic bone 205 eggs 



5-16 pelvic bone 190 eggs 



3-8 pelvic bone 175 eggs 



7-16 pelvic bone 160 eggs 



1-2 pelvic bone 145 eggs 



9-16 pelvic bone 130 eggs 



5-8 pelvic bone 115 eggs 



11-16 pelvic bone 100 eggs 



3-4 pelvic bone 85 eggs 



13-16 pelvic bone 70 eggs 



7-8 pelvic bone 55 eggs 



15-16 pelvic bone 40 eggs 



1 in. pelvic bone 25 eggs 



1 1-16 pelvic bone 10 eggs 



1 1-8 pelvic bone eggs 



Our next hen may be a five finger abdomen hen as in Fig. 

 16; she may be in good condition as in No. 19, and 

 her pelvic bones may be 3-8 thick as in Fig. 27. We would read 

 her as five fingers abdomen, good condition, and 3-8 pelvic 

 bones. No. 5 chart would show us that she was a 175 egg type 

 hen. The m-.xt hen may be a five finger abdomen hen, condi- 

 tion good, peivic bones one inch thick. She would read five 

 fingers abdomen, good condition, one inch pelvic bones. The 



chart would indicate that she was a 25 egg type hen. 



The next hen may be a six fingered hen as in Fig. 17. She 

 may be in good condition and her pelvic bones may be 1 1-4 

 inches thick (one and one fourth inches thick) as in Fig. 31. 

 I hear the reader say what breed of a hen has pelvic bones as 

 thick as that, or do you mean that both of her pelvic bones 

 arc one and one fourth inches thick counting them both to- 

 gether? No, I mean that each one of her pelvic bones is one 

 and one fourths of an inch thick. Counting the bone, gristle, 

 fat and flesh (flank) both of the pelvic bones would be two 

 and one half inches. When we speak of pelvic bones being so, 

 and so thick we always means one of them. And as to breed, 



