. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. THE CALL OF THE HEN. 45 one finger in depth of abdomen; two fingers out of condition shows she has shrunken two fingers in depth of abdomen, three fingers out of condition shows she has shrunken three fingers in depth of Fig. 20—Showing hen one finger out of condition. You will note that the flesh appears slightly shrunken away from the breast-bone. When the thumb and forefinger are placed as in the cut, about 3^ inch from the front of the breast-bone, the flesh will be below the bre
. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. THE CALL OF THE HEN. 45 one finger in depth of abdomen; two fingers out of condition shows she has shrunken two fingers in depth of abdomen, three fingers out of condition shows she has shrunken three fingers in depth of Fig. 20—Showing hen one finger out of condition. You will note that the flesh appears slightly shrunken away from the breast-bone. When the thumb and forefinger are placed as in the cut, about 3^ inch from the front of the breast-bone, the flesh will be below the breast-bone, as shown by the mark on finger in Fig. 23. This would indicate that the hen was one finger less capacity. If three-fingers now, she would be four fingers capacity when in condition, etc. Fig. 21 is still thinner, as reader can see by the breast-bone, call her two fingers out of condition. We. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hogan, Walter, d. 1921; Quisenberry, T. E. (Thomas E. ), 1875-; American Poultry School. Kansas City, Mo. , American Poultry School
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