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[[stamped]] Jul 29 1925 [[/stamped]]

Burpee's prize contest letter.

"WAY-A-HEAD LETTUCE."
or
"THE VALUE OF THE HEN AS AN EARLY GARDENER."

Our garden is a week later than the gardens of Albany. In 1924 we raised Wayaheads. Some plants went to seed and were tossed near the hen-yard on hard clay soil. The hens promptly climbed the fence and ate the leaves, thus showing their good sense and scattering the seed widely.

This spring, behold a thriving plot of lettuce, enough for a township! Soon we had loose-heading lettuce, and May thirtieth when the locust trees were in leaf, we had fine complete heads.

The hens, like all planters of "Burpee's", were rewarded - for they had lettuce every day.

Caroline L. Anderson,
Meadowdale, N.Y.
July 27, 1925.