Old hens constitute the third division of the meat classes placed upon the market, and are generally composed of those birds that are through laying, or the ones that have been found to be unprofitable. Their meat is usually much tougher than the first two mentioned classes, and consequently used in city restaurants for meat pies, etc. In fattening birds for the market, a somewhat different procedure is followed than in feeding for egg production. We found that in feeding for egg production we encouraged the birds in every way possible to take all the exercise that they could get. We do just the opposite in putting flesh on the birds. We restrict their exercise as much as possible, and pen them up in small quarters so that their feed largely goes to nothing but putting flesh on their bodies. It can easily be seen that when birds are roaming around, exercising more or less all day long, that there is little chance for them to get very fat. Now as to the nature of the feed for fattening these birds. We will still need some protein feeds, but not as much as in the case of feeding for eggs. However, we will need feeds which are quite rich in carbohydrates and fat. These are easily obtained and are relatively cheap. Corn is an excellent ration for this purpose. Since the birds are confined to small pens, and exercise restricted, it becomes evident that digestion becomes an important factor here. Therefore, it is advisable to have plenty of grit before the birds at all times, so that their food will be properly ground. We must not get the idea, just because we are feeding for flesh, that the birds should be stuffed to their limit with feed. To do so, would be to have a lot of the birds off feed, and consequently we would be worse off than not to feed them enough. It is best to plan to feed them about three times a day, and to feed them all that they will cleanup in a certain length of time, as from twenty minutes to half an hour. Some are successful in feeding only twice a day, instead of three times a day. Corn is usually the basis of fattening rations and should always have a prominent place in the ration. Here again, milk in some form is excellent to supply some of the protein that is needed. Corn must be supplemented by other grains, such as oats, barley or middlings, provided they are in a finely ground condition. Some feeders follow the plan of feeding part of these grains in the form of a wet mash, using the skim milk to moisten the mash, but when this is done, care must be exercised in seeing that the mash is cleaned up at every feeding, otherwise the trough will become mouldy, with bad results to the birds.