Sicilian Buttercups 



The Premier Egg Producers 



EGGS FOR HATCHING 



Why keep Leghorns when Butter- 

 cups are so much better? Buttercups 

 lay large white eggs the same as White 

 Leghorns do, and a yard of them will 

 produce as many eggs, or more, as will 

 the same number of the best W hite 

 Leghorns. They are as healthy and 

 are hardier, but here is the point: /z//v 

 Buttercups will require no more feed 

 than thirtvi Leghorns! 



Further, they feather and mature 

 quickly, have plump, round bodies, yel- 

 low skin and are of excellent quality 

 both as broilers and roasters — a big 

 contrast with Leghorns. Still further, 

 instead of having a wild, untamable 

 nature, they are gentle and friendly. 



Those who know what Buttercups 

 are will not accept Leghorns as a gift, 

 if obliged to keep them. 



\X e have known the untold value 

 of Buttercups for a long time. Since 

 1 904 we have been carefully and patiently breeding and improving them. As a 

 matter of fact, a very large percentage of the breeders of Buttercups of to-day 

 throughout the United States obtained their first stock of eggs of this incomparable 

 egg-producing breed from Clover Hill Farms. Modesty and professional courtesy 

 forbid our giving their names in print. 



The name Buttercup was given to the breed by reason of their cup-shaped 

 combs with numerous points suggesting Buttercup flowers. Indeed, a flock of But- 

 tercups, with their bright red flower-shaped combs, green legs and buff plumage 

 mottled with black of the females, contrasting with the orange red plumage of the 

 males, quite resembles a flower garden. 



Buttercups are very intelligent, active, good foragers, gentle and friendly; and 

 light feeders. If given a free range they require no feeding at all, except in wnnter. 

 They are exceptionally vigorous and hardy, and as *'plump as a partridge." For 

 eggs, eggs, eggs, at all seasons of the year, there is no other breed that approaches 

 them. TTie chicks are lively, wide-awake little fellows, and begin to scratch almost 

 at once upon leaving the shell. Pullets begin to lay at an early age and keep right 

 at it even during the coldest weather. 



Our breeding yard is made up of four pens, each containing twelve females 

 and one male, every bird having been selected for its excellence in plumage, comb, 

 color of legs, etc. In filling orders, eggs will be sent from each of the four pens. 

 Price, $4.00 per setting of 15 eggs, or two settings (30 eggs) for $7.50. W^e 

 successfully ship eggs for hatching to all points in the U. S. Folder giving full 

 details mailed upon receipt of request. 



Biiti 



Cockerel 



Clover Hill Farm 



Little Silver, New Jersey 



( Charter Member American Buttercup Club) 



