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THE CALL OF THE HEN 



this hen is a single comb white leghorn. She is the typical beef 

 type. You will see by No. 6 chart that she will lay practically 

 nothing and here I will explain this matter. A man once 

 brought me a two and a half year old hen that he had trap 

 nested for two years, and asked me to tell him how many 

 eggs she had layed her first laying year. I told him she had 

 never laid an egg. Her abdomen was six fingers, she was in 

 good condition, her pelvic bones were one and one fourth of 



CHART 6. 



Six Fingers Abdomen. 

 Nervous Temperament. 



1-16 pelvic bone 280 eggs 



1-8 pelvic bone 265 eggs 



3-16 pelvic bone 250 eggs 



1-4 pelvic bone .. 235 eggs 



5-16 pelvic bone 220 eggs 



Sanguine Temperament. 



3-8 pelvic bone 205 eggs 



7-16 pelvic bone 190 eggs 



1-2 pelvic bone 175 eggs 



9-16 pelvic bone 160 eggs 



5-8 pelvic bone 145 eggs 



Bilious Temperament. 



11-16 pelvic bone 130 eggs 



3-4 pelvic bone 115 eggs 



13-16 pelvic bone 100 eggs 



7-8 pelvic bone 85 eggs 



15-16 pelvic bone 7 eggs 



Lymphatic Temperament. 



in. pelvic bone 55 eggs 



1-16 pelvic bone 40 eggs 



1-8 pelvic bone 25 eggs 



3-16 pelvic bone 10 eggs 



1-4 pelvic bone eggs 



an inch thick. He cautioned me to be careful as he had always 

 trap-nested his hens and his record showed how many eggs 



