GINSENG. 49 



As this farmer was personally known to the writer as being 

 industrious and a "stayer" with whatever he undertook, he was 

 advised to put another mortgage on his farm for enough money 

 to buy 8000 seeds, and told that if he would take good care of the 

 bed of ginseng the proceeds would in a few years not only pay 

 off the second mortgage but the first as well. He acted on this 

 advice. He bought 8000 germinated seeds, which cost him $95.00. 

 He planted it on a patch of 12x16 feet. He did, however, not live 

 to see the fruits of his labor, for he died a short time thereafter. 

 Recently his widow told us that her cash receipts for ginseng sold 

 to date amounted to something over SlOOO-00, and that her garden 

 now covers an area of 36x80 feet, (Fig. 5) and that she can easily 

 take care of it herself, by devoting a few hours of her spare time 

 to it weelily during the summer season. She also said that her 

 present annual net income from her little garden exceeds that of 

 her farm. "And", said she, "it has long ago paid off both 

 mortgages." 



