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[[circled]] 710 [[/circled]]
[[stamped]] JUL 24 1924 [[/stamped]]

For Prize Contest.

Fairmont, Nebr.
July 18, 1924

W. Atlee Burpee Co. 
Philadelphia

Dear Sirs:- My father bought seed from your firm when I was a child so Burpee's seeds fed my growing body and mind. 
Many wonderful things happened in that garden. Some seed sent up tiny leaves not at all like the ones on grown plants. Some seed were pushed out of the ground Potatoes grew from buried pieces but sweet potatoes (The plants were always bought) "just grew". The

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