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parent that the experiment was a financial success, the old business 

 was discontinued, and a new business, on a more extensive scale, 

 was started. 



The following is a condensed statement of the main features 

 of the business: 



Total capital stock or original investment 3,700.00 



Expenditures, other than original investment, ..14, 194 49 

 Total expenditures, including original invest- 

 ment, 17.894.49 



Total income from sales of product, 58,994.49 



Total or net profits, .41, 100-00 



58,994.49 ,58,994.49 



Average time the S3700. was invested, — 8 years and one month- 



Average per cent of net profits, — 137. 42% per annum. 



The business paid back the entire capital invested, together with 

 6% interest, within six years from the time the first dollar was in- 

 vested and after that an average profit of 360% per annum. 



The total area of ground occupied was 32,256 square feet, or a 

 trifle less than three-fourths of an acre. 



The progress of the experiment from year to year is indi- 

 cated by the following table which can hardly fail to be as interest- 

 ing to any active, honorary, or prospective ginseng grower as a 

 government crop report is to a Board of Trade operator: 



