68 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



SANGUINE TEMPERAMENT. 



3 / 8 pelvic bone 205 eggs 



7 /ie pelvic bone 190 eggs 



J /2 pelvic bone 175 eggs 



9 /ie pelvic bone 160 eggs 



5 /g pelvic bone 145 eggs 



BILIOUS TEMPERAMENT. 



11 /IB pelvic bone 130 eggs 



3 / 4 pelvic bone 1 15 eggs 



13 /is pelvic bone 100 eggs 



7 / 8 pelvic bone 85 eggs 



15 /ie pelvic bone 70 eggs 



LYMPHATIC TEMPERAMENT. 



1-in. pelvic bone 55 eggs 



iVie pelvic bone 40 eggs 



I 1 / 8 pelvic bone 25 eggs 



l 3 /ie pelvic bone 10 eggs 



l x /4 pelvic bons eggs 



He cautioned me to be careful, as he had always trap-nested 

 his hens, and his record showed how many eggs they had laid. 

 I replied, "If that is the case, her record shows that she has 

 never laid an egg." He said no more then, but brought me 

 another hen, asking me how many she would lay. I examined 

 her for capacity. I found she was a six-finger-abdomen hen; 

 her condition was good; her pelvic bones were Vie of an inch 

 thick; they were both alike as to thickness. I questioned 

 him as to how he had fed her, and if she had been sick her 

 first laying year. As he is one of the best breeders in the 

 United States, I could depend on him knowing what he was 

 talking about. I asked him then to take off his hat. I could 

 see by the shape of his head he was a strictly honest man. I 

 then told him that I had never raised that breed of hens, 

 but if it was a Leghorn, it might lay 280 eggs its first year, 

 and if a Plymouth Rock, it might lay 270. He said her trap- 

 nested record showed she laid 276 eggs from the time she 

 commenced to lay in her pullet year until she had laid one 

 year. "That's all right," I replied; "but what about the first 

 hen we examined?" "We have never found any in the trap- 

 nest from her," he said, "but she might be in the habit of 



