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SWEET WILLIAM’S FATE. 
BY W. B. DERRICK. 
Sweet William aster for heartsease, 
And gave her candytuft; 
She honeysuckled for awhile 
Then rose and thus rebuffed: 
‘'Begonia 1 sir, your bleeding-heart 
Some balsam soon will ease; 
Forget-me-not, as we must part. 
And now lettuce have peas.” 
Baileyville , III. 
The Best Poultry. 
Editor Seed-Time and Harvest;— In ac¬ 
cordance with your request I offer the fol¬ 
lowing notes on the best varieties of Poul¬ 
try, but first let me premise my essay by 
raying that I have neither eggs nor poultry 
to sell, and therefore all I may say comes 
from one who is free from pecuniary bias. 
1 will first take up the Spanish or 
LAYING BREEDS. 
"These are noted for their beautiful forms 
and lively habits generally united with 
large combs and wattles and smooth and 
glossy plumage. They generally are of 
small to medium size, mature early and 
.show but little inclination to sit. Among 
them we find the White, Brown and Black 
Leghorns. These are named from their 
color. The White Leghorn is one of the 
most beautiful of fowls, and while they do 
white leghorns. 
not compare in size with some of the Asiat¬ 
ic fowls, their flesh is of the first quality. 
'They have large high combs, white or yel¬ 
lowish ear lobes, a trim form, proud car¬ 
riage and active movements. They are 
not inclined to sit and have been known to 
lay 200 eggs in a year. Their eggs are 
large and white. This may be said of all 
of the Spanish fowls. They have yellow 
legs which is the case with all the Leg¬ 
horns except the Blacks. With plenty of 
range and warm quarters for winter they 
will prove profitable for eggs. 
BROWN LEGHORNS. 
The Brown Leghorns are much like the 
White Leghorns except in color. The 
cocks are marked with fine black breasts 
and tails, while the most of their other 
feathers are a bright red. The hens are 
beautifully pencilled with brown, like a 
partridge. The Black and Dominique Leg¬ 
horns are not so generally recommended as 
the other varieties on account of their 
smaller size. 
The Black Spanish are known by their 
glossy jet black plumage and the large 
white strip on the face, which frequently 
grows entirely over the face and around 
the eyes so heavily as to nearly blind them. 
They lay the largest eggs of any fowl, un¬ 
less it be the Houdans and they are a pret¬ 
ty good match for them generally. Their 
