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[[stamped]] AUG 18 1924 [[/stamped]]
[[4565]]
[[Ans 8/27/24]]

[[preprinted]]"Do a Good Turn Daily"
[[image: crest of the Boy Scouts of America]]
TROOP THIRTY
KNOX COUNTY COUNCIL 
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

MEETS AT
DEADRICK AVENUE 
BAPTIST CHURCH 

MEETING
EVERY FRIDAY 
7:30 P. M.[[/preprinted]] 

"For Prize Contest" 

Cleveland Tenn.
Aug 15, 1924

W. Atlee Burpee
Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen,

Burpees seed and a small garden have been the means of bringing me closer to nature than possible otherwise. A short while for work in the garden before going to my regular  duties and [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] equally short time after the completion of my duties at my regular avocation have furnished me ample time to plant seed and grow vegetables and flowers. If I had depended upon this limited time for walks into the country to come into contact with nature I could not possibly have gained the knowledge of actually how to grow things and would also have been deprived of the