46 THE GINSENG INDUSTRY. 



to prevent the entrance of the beetles. The quality of 

 the roots is not injured by being kept over from one 

 season to the next. Not even an expert would know 

 the difference between the freshly dried root and that 

 dried a year or two earlier. 



Should insects, by any accident, obtain entrance, 

 put the roots in a tight can and place a small cup in the 

 top. Pour some carbon bisulphide into the cup, about 

 a tablespoonful for a two-gallon can. Close the vessel 

 up tight for, say, a week. Carbon bisulphide is a liquid 

 that quickly becomes a gas of very poisonous properties. 

 It must never be handled at night, and no light of any 

 kind must be allowed near it, because it is as inflamma- 

 ble as gunpowder. If ginseng be properly taken care 

 of, however, there will be but little need of this poison 

 being used upon it. 



In shipping, be sure to separate the roots into 

 grades, depending upon size, smoothness and weight, 

 the largest being by themselves, and the smallest by 

 themselves, in clean packages. This gradingjvill often 

 pay for the actual work two or three- tiffies'^jK whereas, 

 if it be not done the roots /will seJJ^ at a$BK the price 

 that the smallest ^nad-e shoa^prjiA^ mark every 



quantity, and your nam^dA^SSress. Pack the bags 

 'or small J^Oj^j^^BwglJvBj^arge, strong boxes, so as to 

 e of the roots while being handled 

 way to market. Address the box to the best 

 dealer in ginseng that you know. 



Above all things, have everything clean, roots, bags 

 and boxes. It will pay well. 



PROFITS. 



The reader is by this time more than curious to 

 know what money may be made in the growing of this 

 crop, and first asks as to the demand. According to 

 official commerce reports published by the Bureau of 



