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the plot was located in a portion of the Seney Swamp 

 east of Marquette ; but it has been claimed that mint 

 will do well on dry lands, if the soil is sufficiently 

 rich. Since South Bend, Indiana, is at the center 

 of the mint-growing territory of Indiana and Michi- 

 gan, the mint-growers in that area have been or- 

 ganized for their mutual advantage, with official 

 headquarters in that city.^ 



In 1909, the value of ginseng produced in the 

 State was, according to the Thirteenth Census, 

 $13,794. 



Of late the culture of goldenseal has become of 

 commercial concern in the Upper Peninsula, where 

 one grower estimates the yield to the acre in the 

 quadrennium at $20,000 to $25,000. 



CROPS FOR MUCK-LANDS 



In Michigan agriculture, muck and sandy lands 

 present special difficulties. It is recognized that 

 muck-land farming presents peculiar problems : of 

 drainage, of fertilization, of discovering crops suited 

 to such lands. As stated by Ezra Levin, of the 

 State Department of Agriculture, who has an estab- 

 lished reputation as an expert in this department of 

 agriculture, "there are two types of muck-farming 

 in Michigan: extensive and intensive." Extensive 

 muck-land agriculture "is concerned with celery, 



i"Mich. Pioneer & Hist. Soc. Collections," v. 18, 51.5. 

 See also Van Fleet: "The Cnltivntion of Pepj)ermint and 

 Spearmint," U. S. Dept. Agr., Bull. 604. 1917; Henkel: 

 "Peppermint," U. S. Dept. Agr., Bull. 00, 1905. 



