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BOYS' GARDENS. 



FIRST PREMIUM REPORT. 



The following is what was raised on three square rods of 



land by Harrie Damon, of Pembroke, eleven 3'ears of age : 



Peas, — ^ peck. 



Beans, string, — ^ bushel, 6 quarts. 



Beans, shell, — 65 pecks, in the pod. 



Corn — 99 ears. 



Beets — 1 peck. 



Cucumbers — 44. 



Watermelons — 13. 



Pumpkins — 28. 



Tomatoes — 2 pecks. 



Cabbages — 4. 



Potatoes — 23 pounds. 



The weather was so dry that my potatoes and peas did not 

 do nearly as well as I expected. 



