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all probability know of someone who can. Put only 

 a little money in at first. Try a bed four feet wide, 

 ten feet long, with a good fence around it, and proper 

 shade. Stock it with seed and roots. With proper 

 care its increase in a few years will be surprising." 



Mr. W. A. Bates, Cuba, N. Y., has over an acre of 

 ginseng under cultivation, scenes of which are pre- 

 sented herewith. Fig. 21 shows the process of setting 

 the plants, and Fig. 22 presents a partial view of a 

 shaded plantation. 



Mr. Bernad A. Payson, Fingal, Ont., Canada: 

 "The following is my experience in the ginseng 

 business: About three years ago, I sent to Orange 

 Judd Company and procured the book written by M. G. 

 Kains on Ginseng Culture which I saw advertised in 

 Farm and Home. I then started out to try and find if 

 ginseng grew in our locality. The first afternoon, I 

 found the plant thinly scattered through the woods on 

 soil that did not dry out in summer nor become flooded 

 in the wet season. I generally found the plant on a 

 heavy sand or a black loam. The next three autumns 

 I gathered wild roots in the woods during my spare 

 time, and as is mentioned Jn the book, I cut off the 

 roots which were attached to the necks of the plants 

 and set them in the ground to grow buds, which some 

 of them did. But I found that quite a lot of them 

 would not produce buds although I left them in the 

 ground for two years, so I have discontinued the prac- 

 tice. Another reason for stopping is that I think that 

 a plant will produce more seed if the roots be not cut 

 up but planted just as they are found. 



"I have also found that wild roots dug in the woods 

 and carefully planted in the clearing under cover, will 

 start and grow very fast, in fact, I believe they will 

 grow as much in one year in the garden as they would 

 in three years in the woods. Wild plants, as a general 

 rule, do not produce as much . seed in the woods on 



