BUTTERCUPS 



For the production of eggs there Is no other breed of 

 chickens that approaches them. The Leghorns, Hamburgs, 

 Wyandottes, even the R. I. Reds, "are not in it" with them 

 — they are left far in the distance. Buttercups are non-set- 

 ters, and lay practically all the time — even when moulting. 

 They lay large, pure white, handsome eggs too — as large and 

 pretty as those of the White Leghorn or any other breed. 



This new breed is extremely unique; totally unlike all 

 others. They have green or greenish-yellow legs ; the comb 

 is not rose, pea, nor single, but is formed in a circle on top 

 of the head, resembling the petals of a flower — hence the 

 name ; and their combs, being quite small, are not frozen in 

 the severest weather. Plumage of hen is clear buff, laced or 

 spangled on back with black, somewhat after the manner of 

 Golden Spangled Hamburgs ; the cock is clear red — the 

 color of R. I. Reds — with black main tail feathers and wing 

 flights. Both cock and hen are beautiful chickens. 



Unlike the crazy, wild, untamable Leghorns, Buttercups 



