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A mash made of equal parts of ground 
oats, corn meal, and middlings should be 
mixed with sour skim milk or buttermilk 
until it is moist and this wet mash should be 
given to the birds half an hour at a time, 
three times a day. At the end of half an hour 
the mash should be taken away. The birds 
should be confined in small quarters, such as 
a berry crate or a regular fattening crate, 
because the less exercise they take the more 
readily they will fatten. During the intervals 
between feeding the birds should, if possible, 
be kept in the dark. By so feeding and han- 
dling, the birds can be made to take on an 
appreciable quantity of fat. 
Advantage of Fattening. This fattening 
produces an increased quantity of flesh at a 
price which is considerably less than the 
price per pound of live fowl. Incidentally, it 
gets the birds into better condition. They 
should sell more readily in the open market 
and under ordinary conditions should com- 
mand a little higher price than the average 
fowl which has not been fattened. 
Fattening Male Birds. The fattening 
process should also be used in the handling 
