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TdE CALL OF THE HEN. 



Fig. 27 shows a hen with pelvic bones three-eighths ( 3 /s) of an 

 inch thick. 



FIG. 24 Vie-inch pelvic bone. Indicating a typical egg-type hen, which means 

 that virtually all the food she consumes above that necessary for bodily maintenance 

 goes toward the production of eggs. If of one-finger abdomen, she would lay about 

 36 eggs in her first laying year; if of three-finger abdomen, she would lay about 180, 

 and if of six-finger abdomen, she might lay 280 eggs in her first laying year. 



FlG. 25 Vs-inch pelvic bone; indicating egg type, but not so typical as the preced- 

 ing. If of one-finger abdomen, she would lay about 32 eggs in her first laying year; 

 if of three-finger abdomen, about 166 eggs; and if of six-finger abdomen, about 265 

 eggs in her first laying year. 



