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^[[#4539]]
^[[Ans 8/27/24]]
[[stamped]] AUG 18 1924 [[/stamped]]

"For Prize Contest"

Mountain Lake Park, Md. Aug. 13, 1924. 

W. Atlee Burpee Co
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear S irs:-

To keep my two husky boys - one six and a half and the other five years old - out of mischief and in happy, purposeful, educative activity without neglecting my year-old baby has been my problem. 
Burpee's seeds have been my greatest help in solving the problem.

The "garden game" carried on with Burpee's seeds has meant for me and my young sons:-
1. Health
2. Appetite for previously despised vegetables
3. Considerable saving in the cost of living
4. Joy in winning the "garden game" we have played to-gether
5. Freedom from the evil influence of the idle neighbor boys, who are "bad" because they are idle.
6. Knowledge of some of life's secrets that we have talked over as we watched life develop
7. Closer companionship between parents and children - which companionship will grow, I hope, "like Burpee's seeds".

My advice to parents is -if you want to interest your children in nature, in healthful occupation, buy "seeds that