130 PRESENT STATUS OF THE INDUSTRY. 



Our experience in this line has been too limited to be 

 of much value, but there is no evidence that the 

 spraying will do any harm. We would certainly 

 recommend trial. It should be done .early in the 

 season. 



''We wish to reiterate and express our emphatic 

 protest against the bombast and exaggerated state- 

 ments scattered over the country during the past three 

 years in regard to the wonderful profits in ginseng 

 culture. Actual results are strong enough." 



MEDICINAL PROPERTIES 



Since many readers desire to know the standing 

 given to ginseng by the medical profession and by the 

 Chinese the following items will be of interest : The 

 St. Louis Post-Despatch, of October, 1901, publishes 

 the following information, which was furnished by 

 Mrs. Jeu Hon Yee, the only Chinese woman in St. 

 Louis : "Every good housewife in China keeps 

 ginseng root in the house. It costs a great deal, but 

 it is used in small quantities and an ounce of it lasts 

 a long time. Ginseng tea is a common drink in China. 

 Almost everybody drinks it. It is made by boiling fine 

 cuttings of ginseng in water. The tea is good for all 

 sickness, and it keeps disease away. Some of the rich 

 people flavor their meat with ginseng. Only the rich 

 can afford to do this regularly. The root gives the 

 meat a flavor the Chinese people like. Everybody in 

 China is familiar with ginseng. It is the oldest medi- 

 cine we have. The best ginseng grows in our own 

 woods, and the next best comes from Korea. Amer- 

 ican ginseng is not so good as either of the other 

 kinds, and sells cheaper. I do not believe the Chinese 

 in the United States use ginseng very much after they 

 come to this country. We do not use it in our own 

 home at all, though we were accustomed to it in 

 China." 



