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^[[#4096]]
^[[Ans 8/25/24]]
[[stamped]] AUG 14 1924 [[/stamped]]

For Prize Contest 

What Burpee Seeds Have Done for me.

Oh! That I might broadcast the wonder of Burpee Seeds.

Several Years ago when I felt the need to help increase our family income, my thoughts turned back to the days when my mothers garden was the envy of all our friends and neighbors. 
Why had we had better vegetables and finer flowers? My mother had always been so proud and glad to say "My seed are from Burpees."  So I decided to send to Burpees for seed, and when spring opened up I had all of our 7s foot back yard ploughed and made ready.

My first planting, of spinach and peas (which I had tucked in when still too cold to plough)