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(4) Worms and insects are sometimes serious pests. The roots often 

 show galls looking like beads on a necklace. This is caused by multi- 

 tudes of small worms particularly liable to occur in rich soils. 

 Snails and a stem boring insect larva sometimes do serious injury. 



Enough has been said to show that the cultivation of this plant, 

 while entirely feasible, is accompanied by the same class of difficul- 

 ties as are the more common plants of cultivation, and is moreover 

 of a highly special character, requiring both a special knowledge 

 of the nature and habit of the i^lant itself, and, also, a most careful 

 attention to detail methods of treatment not generally called for. 

 Any one who desires to grow ginseng should spare no pains to in- 

 form himself thoroughly on all these points. If possible he should 

 visit some grower and study the plant and its treatment, as well as 

 get the owner's experience. In default of ability to do this he 

 should get some of the publications on the subject. The Orange 

 Judd Co., 429 Lafayette street, New York, publish a small book 

 for fifty cents. The various dealers and companies issue attractive 

 and highly seductive circulars setting forth the ease of cultivation 

 and the certainty of reaping enormous profits. A large part of the 

 money made in ginseng comes from the sale of seeds and roots to 

 novices who are tempted to try its cultivation. If they do not well 

 understand the fundamental features which this paper has outlined 

 they are doomed to disappointment and failure. The Bulletins of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the State Experiment 

 Stations are generally out of print, but may be found in General and 

 Annual Reports. Two of these should be available in various pub- 

 lic and private libraries in Pennsylvania. It is strongly advised 

 that they be consulted. No copies are available for distribution by 

 the Station. 



(1). Eeport. Pennsylvania State College, 1902-3. Page 185. "An 



Experiment in Ginseng Cultivation." 

 (2). Eeport Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania. Part I. 



1897. Page 617. ^'The Cultivation of American Ginseng 



in Pennsylvania." 



REPORT OF SPECIALIST ON FEEDING STUFFS 



By GEORGE G. HUTCHISON 



To the Members of the State Board of Agriculture of Pennsyl- 

 vania: As your consulting specialist on feeding stuffs, I beg leave 

 to make the following report for 1911. 



This has been a year of high prices for feeds in Pennsylvania. 

 The one great reason was the drouth that passed over this State in 

 the late spring and early summer, and in some sections, there was 



