THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



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FIG. 26 1/4-inch pelvic bone; indicating a slightly more beefy hen than the preced- 

 ing types, but still of the egg type. If of one-finger abdomen, she would lay about 24 

 eggs in her first laying year; if of three-finger abdomen, about 138 eggs; and if of six- 

 finger abdomen, about 235 eggs in her first laying year. 



FIG. 27 3/8-inch pel vic^ bone; indicating that the hen uses a larger proportion 

 of the food she consumes in making flesh and less in the production of eggs. A one- 

 finger abdomen hen would lay about 16 eggs; a three-finger abdomen hen, about 110 

 eggs, and a L six-finger" L abdomen hen, about 205 eggs in the first laying year. 



