102 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 
WALTER HOGAN'S SYSTEM. 
WALTER HOGAN 
The Originator of the Walter Hogan System. 
There are two ways of selection, described in this document. 
When hens are in flush of laying, selection by the pelvic bones alone 
is the easier way; but when not in flush of laying, the pelvic bones 
together with the abdomen will be found the most ready way. (See 
Supplement, next page.) 
Please bear in mind that the hen with thin pelvic bones and large, 
soft abdomen is the heavy egg-laying type. 
The hen with thick pelvic bones and large, fleshy, fatty abdomen 
is the large beef type. 
The hen with medium-thick pelvic bones and large, medium-fleshy 
and medium-fatty abdomen is the dual-purpose type, and can be made 
to lay fairly well or made to produce flesh, it being a matter of how she 
is fed. 
The hen with small abdomen is of small account, either as an egg 
or as a meat proposition, as she lacks the abdominal capacity to digest 
and assimilate food enough to sustain the every-day wear of her system 
and at the same time to produce eggs or flesh in paying quantities. 
Everything related here applies to the male bird as well, only in a 
lesser degree. 
The remarks,in regard to pullets refer to mature pullets, as Leghorn 
pullets are at five months old in the New England States. 
