THE CALL OF THE HEN. 41 
Fic. 26—4-inch pelvic bone; indicating a slightly more beefy hen than the preceding 
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. 
Fic. 27—%/,-inch pelvic 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 six-finger abdomen hen, about 205 eggs in the first laying year. 
