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Show fflty Four caI of J; but He Is an m Expert. Ml CDLTDRI.ST; JUNGEST IN AMERICA jfenthnsiast, and Was 1 wPIaying Making Garden. M&Je has been a discouraging l&'ablea, littlo Allen Hixon BMaes., tho youngest horti-Ihe horti-Ihe country, has been eag-nfjftod eag-nfjftod making plans to cap-rticultural cap-rticultural prizes. The lad Lwears old. but he is an en-gXrlcet en-gXrlcet gardener, and has se-tjKrizcs se-tjKrizcs at horticultural ex-WSrb ex-WSrb of these were received iKand one at the children's JM?' Horticultural Hall, Bos-Mspecial Bos-Mspecial prizo was offered mollcction of vegetables. f Bir.tle Allen is making a jEtomato plants, having Rants iu the house as his Other vegetables which he N corn, potatoes, .beans, h, melons and cucumbers, atural Guitarist. flpoy comes honestly by his fening, for his grandfather flKtou, secretary of the Wor-IgKiltral Wor-IgKiltral society, and his Jfcff. Hixon, is also a mar- , UBiboth men being experts When the boy was a Mfbegau to manifest an in-jfenrden, in-jfenrden, toddling after his iSrandfather, asking about Jnd weeding and trying to . Jftby way. Then ho began J Jen," planting dead twigs : rass, which he diligently w ed, until his parents de HUim a real garden of his I 1 ground was 75 feet long yule, and was laid out bc-lEjJhis bc-lEjJhis father's gardens, and IflQN'nt to work to put iu his iHe grew there last summer r SJ- five hills of beans, two iMtouash, five of com, two of lwfo potatoes and three oC .jifia little hands were not jiraplowing, so that was done nijtxather's workmen, but he :i,her work on the garden doing this year. Ho I '"ftke sojl and does all the wscientic market gardeu- jfBwork Himself. rst started to plant seeds iJoppcd all operations to ISdfatlier to ask, "Gran'-feme "Gran'-feme of that stuff that ( Wgood7 I want some." fiiis little grandson's keen jGran'pa-" brought the Ifcpail of the desired fer-llJe fer-llJe little man started in 318011 with the skill of an .sets nil his plants out njfljfijwill allow no one fo givo lUWjis. His potatoes he preying pre-ying by cutting them up Jss he has seen his grand- -Jjare his particular .aver-llwages .aver-llwages a deadly war on W7hiB garden freer of tho .(ifathcr does his. His lit---ld. brother Stanley tries campaign against the !p insists on running clear 1th even- bug he catches, gus. mother to drown it, waiting it in a pail and Igo'otl catch before the fees, Allen docs not Ihink Other's help. as exhibited, ho has in-paging in-paging hia own displays. Knis beans to ouo exhibi-Bly exhibi-Bly washed each one, so &9 as if varnished. He K talent for arranging bouquets arc really paful Exhibitor. Khibition he won tho first Isecond he showed a col-Babies col-Babies that won $1.50. At exhibitions His collection fso tempting that a worn-iuy worn-iuy it. The little fellow iiguant and, gathering tho xps, informed her that lu; Scarry it straight homo. lL&uer retnrded his garden lllL is co",iu6 011 wel1 and JXiffuy for the exhibitions. |