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FIG. 28 Yz-inch pelvic bone; indicating a still more beefy 

 hen than the preceding that is, a still larger proportion of the food 

 consumed is used to make flesh and less to produce eggs. If of 

 one-finger abdomen, she would lay about 8 eggs; and if of three- 

 finger abdomen, she would lay about 82 eggs; while if of six-finger 

 abdomen, she would lay about 175 eggs in the first laying year. 



FIG. 29 3 /4-inch pelvic bone. A pretty good specimen of the 

 beef type. We find no two-finger abdomen hens that have pelvic 

 bones so thick, because they cannot consume enough food with such 

 pelvic bones. A two-finger abdomen hen is virtually a non-layer; 

 a three-finger abdomen hen will lay about 24 eggs; and a six-finger 

 abdomen hen will lay about 115 eggs in the first laying year. 



