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[[stamped]] AUG 12 1924 [[/stamped]]
^[[Ans 8/26/24]]

[[underline]] For Prize Contest [[/underline]]

Hatfield.Pa.
Aug 11 1924 
      
W. A. Burpee Co.
Phila., Pa.

Gentlemen:-

Burpees' Seeds have changed my entire viewpoint of life.

Six years ago we made our first flower beds from Burpee's Seeds. when some time later, my wife persuaded me to undertake a vegetable garden. I did so, very unwilingly. I planted Burpee's Seeds and have had a garden ever since. When I saw the immense return from the small field of ground which I used, I became anxious for more and the "Back to the Land" fever struck me.
 
Two years ago I bought a place with an acre of ground and moved to the country and am now looking forward to the day when I can operate a much larger place.

We found a small patch of strawberries and one of asparagus on the place. These I have materially increased