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the increased consumption of cheapened root now, or 

 soon to be upon the market, will increase and will war- 

 rant an advance in price. At this juncture, the grower 

 who has been quietly extending his beds will have a 

 chance. 



Finally. At the risk of inviting severe censure 

 from growers who sell seeds and roots for planting, 

 the author feels called upon to state his belief that the 

 establishment of the ginseng industry in America will 

 be hastened if every grower and dealer will exert his 

 utmost influence to prevent the recurrence of such 

 exorbitant prices as have been recorded in the last 

 few years. Further, he believes that the grower who 

 will put in practice the methods suggested for the 

 origination of improved ginseng varieties ; who will 

 cultivate his plants for their roots and not for the sake 

 of the money their seed will bring , who will give ade- 

 quate attention to the needs of his plants from sowing 

 to digging; and who will place upon the market dried 

 roots that he can take honest pride in because of their 

 prime quality such a grower should have no reason to 

 complain of his income, even though the price he re- 

 ceive be lower than the lowest annual export average 

 price per pound during the last ten years. 



These assertions as to the advisability of a reduc- 

 tion of price and to the profit to be derived at such 

 price, are bold and broad ; but while the author wishes 

 to call attention to the fact that no estimates of what 

 may be made in ginseng culture properly so called, 

 i. e., for the dried root, in a given space of time have 

 been quoted or inserted in his book, yet he feels sure 

 that, properly managed, and even at the low figure 

 referred to, the growing of ginseng should yield a 

 profit that should compare favorably with the profit 

 made upon any of our farm, garden or orchard crops. 



Before concluding this section special attention 

 must be called to what has been said about Japanese 



