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the field and off at the car. From this statement any man can figure the 

 cost of raising and delivering an acre of iDeets on cars at the stations. 



Farmers, think this over and add this crop to your other ones as a ro- 

 tation and a weed exterminator. This brings plenty of help to the farm 

 at a time when you need help in your oat harvest, threshing and corn 

 picking, as the beets come in between the other work. The beet tops are 

 a great milk producer, when you have to put your cows on dry feed in 

 the fall. If you are interested in this crop in any way drop me a postal 

 card and I will call on you and talk this over with you. My time is 

 for you and it costs you nothing. 



GINSENG. 



BY W. S. BEAR, DECATUR, IOWA. 



History. — In bringing before the public any new variety of the well- 

 known crops, such as wheat, oats, or corn, we need not mention their 

 history. The majority of our readers would not be interested in that 

 part, but would look for that which deals with culture, directions, yield 

 and profit. But in writing of a new crop, we think it best to give at 

 least a brief history of the plant. 



Chinese Ginseng (Panax), to which American Ginseng is closely re- 

 lated, has "been to the Chinese of vastly more importance, than quinine to 

 the people of more progressive countries; while quinine is used for a lim- 

 ited number of ailments. Ginseng is considered a sovereign remedy for 

 every malady to which human flesh is heir. 



W. S. Bear's Gingseng Garden, Decatur, Iowa. 



