52 THE 
abdomen hen if in condition, !/s-inch pelvic bone. 
CALL OF THE HEN. 
We look on Chart 
5 at 1/s pelvic bone, and find she is a 235-egg type hen. 
Our next hen may be a five-finger-abdomen hen, as in Fig. 16; 
she may be in good condition, as in Fig. 19, and her pelvic bones may be 
CHART 4. 
Four-finger Abdomen. 
1/1, pelvic bone 
1/, pelvic bone... 
3/18 pelvic bone 
1/4 pelvic bone 
5/16 pelvic bone 
3/, pelvic bone 
7/1 pelvic bone.... 
1/, pelvic bone 
9/45 pelvic bone.... 
5/s pelvic bone 
11/16 pelvic bone 
3/4 pelvic bone 
18/16 pelvic bone 
t/s pelvic bone..... 
15/1, pelvic bone 
1-in. pelvic bone 
1/1, of an inch, as in Fig. 24. She will read five fingers abdomen; con- 
dition good; pelvic bones !/is-inch. We look on Chart 5 at 4/i¢-inch 
pelvic bone, and find she is a 250-egg type hen. 
CHART 5. 
Five-finger Abdomen. 
1/16 pelvic bone 
'/, pelvic bone 
3/15 pelvic bone 
1/4, pelvic bone 
5/15 pelvic bone 
3/3 pelvic bone 
7/15 pelvic bone 
1/. pelvic bone 
9/16 pelvic bone 
5/3 pelvic bone 
11/1, pelvic bone 
3/4 pelvic bone 
13/15 pelvic bone 
7/, pelvic bone 
6/15 pelvic bone 
1-in. pelvic bone. . 
1'/16 pelvic bone 
L/s pelvic bon 
Cres sr. 
