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[[circled]] 3815 [[/circled]] 
[[stamped]] JUL 31 1924 [[/stamped]]

For Prize Contest

[[Preprinted]] O. A. Jeldness
Elsie, Oregon [[/Preprinted]]

July 24, 1924
W. Attee Burpee Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen:
Three springs ago my husband bought a farm and we started our career as farmers. In my opinion, the finest calling in the world if taken seriously.

We hardly expected a smooth road to success but our first two years were so full of failures we couldn't even raise a garden. Naturally we were pretty well discouraged.

This spring the Burpee Annual