42 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 
Fic. 28—14-inch pelvic bone; indicating a still more beefy hen than the preceding 
—that is, a still targer 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. 
Fic. 29—%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. 
