60 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



the other the thinnest one is on the left side of the hen. 



Our next hen may be another six fingers abdomen hen as 

 in Fig. 17. She may be in good condition as in Fig. 19, her pel- 

 vic bones may be 1-8 inch thick as in Fig. 25. She would be a 

 265 egg type hen. 



Our next hen may be a six finger abdomen hen in good 

 condition, pelvic bones 3-8. She would read six fingers abdo- 

 men, good condition, pelvic bones 3-8 of an inch. By consult- 

 ing chart No. 6 we will find this is a 205 egg type hen. 



Our next hen may be a six finger abdomen hen in good 

 condition, 1-2 inch pelvic bones. This hen will be 175 egg 

 type hen. 



Our next hen may be a six finger abdomen hen in good 

 condition, pelvic bones one inch. We will look on No. 6 

 chart and find that one inch pelvic bones indicates the 55 egg 

 type hen. 



Our next hen may be a four finger abdomen hen. She may 

 be two fingers out of condition as in Fig. 21 and her pelvic 

 bones may be one sixteenth of an inch thick. We would read 

 her as four fingers abdomen, two fingers out of condition. This 

 would make her a six finger hen if in condition. We look on 

 No. 6 chart to 1-16 pelvic bone and find our last hen is a 280 

 egg type hen if in condition, and its up to us to put her in con- 

 dition and keep her there as nearly as possible. 



I will admit it is a hard proposition to keep the non-setting 

 typical egg type hen in condition but the man that comes the 

 nearest to doing so is the best feeder. I will have more to 

 say in regard to the matter of condition in the chapter on 

 judging utility fowls at the Poultry Shows. This work is a 

 matter of line upon line and I must necessarily repeat the 

 same matter in some respects time after time. But as this is 

 an educational more than an entertaining proposition I hope 

 that my readers will bear with me. 



As I have said before there are three types of hens. The 

 hen listed on chart No. 1 as 1-16 pelvic hone is a typical egg 

 type hen. Because all she consumes over bodily maintenance 

 goes to the production of eggs. The hen listed as 3-8 pelvic 

 bone is a dual purpose hen, half of her vitality is used in pro- 

 ducing eggs and half in producing meat. The hen listed as 5-8 



