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^[[#4338]] ^[[Ans 8/26/24]]

For Prize Contest

    In a necessarily brief consideration of the many benefits received from Burpee's Seeds it is necessary to gather and classify them under a comparatively few heads. 

    In my case, from a health and physical standpoint, the whole family have benefited. Not only in the garden planted with Burpee's seeds have we received much needed exercise and recreation but in these days of vitamines A, B, and C, who can estimate the value to the life of a couple of growing children of a garden of fresh, green vegetables at the kitchen door? 

    From an economic consideration of the benefits received from Burpee's seeds, we can show that our garden has reduced the food bill of a family of four to such a degree that dollars formerly spent with the huckster and market man are now expended on luxuries and education. 

    And more than this, it has given us faith in this country, its institutions and its business for when one can send a comparatively few dollars many miles across this land and receive such value as we do receive in Burpee's Seeds true to name, type and viability and that we know we can depend upon then we feel that this experiment in self government that we have enjoyed for nearly a hundred and fifty years is destined to remain.

Francis E. Van Schaick
136 East Main St. 
Cobleskill, N.Y.