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BOYS' GARDENS. 



FIRST PEEMIUM REPORT— Award $3.00. 



The followiug is what was was raised on three square rods 



by EDWIN DAMON, aged eleven years, Pembroke : 



String beans, 6 quarts. 



Green beans, 29 " 



Dry beans, 5^ " 



Cucumbers, 10 



Corn, • 236 dozens. 



Peas, 1 quart. 



Potatoes, 43 pounds. 



Watermelons, 9 



I tried hard but the dry weather and one of my neighbor's 

 horses were against me. 



EDWIN DAMON. 



SECOND PREMIUM REPORT— Award 12.00. 

 The following is what was raised on three square rods by 

 F. BURTON DAMON, nine years of age, Pembroke : 



String beans, .5 quarts. 



Green beans, 14 " 



Dry beans, 1 ^ peck. 



Corn, 235 ears. 



Potatoes, 32 pounds. 



Peas, , . . . . . . 1 quart. 



Pumpkin, ....... 1 



Tomatoes, 35 



Watermelons, ...... 4 



The weather was so dry that some of my crop was nearly 

 a failure, 



E. BURTON DAMON. 



