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BOYS' GARDENS. 



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FIEST PEEMIUM. 



The following is what was raised on three square rods of 

 land by Percy Damon, of Pembroke, 14 years of age. 

 Beans, bush, green, — 3. bushels. 

 " dry,— 2.1 " 

 " pole, green, — ^ bushel. I 



" " dry, — 1 peck. 



Potatoes — 54 pounds. 

 Corn — 70 ears. 

 Beets — 105. 

 Pumpkins — 17. 

 Watermelons— 16. 

 Cucumbers — 190, more growing. 

 Can not measure my beets as part are in the ground. 



SECOND PEEMIUM. 

 The following is what was raised on three square rods of 

 land by Elwin Damon, of Pembroke, 9 years of age. 

 Beans — *2j pecks. 

 Potatoes — lO.j pounds. 

 Corn — 64 ears. 

 Cucumbers — 52. 

 Watermelon — 1. 

 Squash — 1. 

 Pumpkins — 2. 

 My watermelon vines look well but the fruit is not there. I 

 tried to have more pumpkins and squashes, but something 

 killed the vines, and my beans blasted. Will try to do better 

 when I am older. 



