You Can 
Make Big Money 
Growing Medical Plants 
Drugs have greatly increased in prices during the 
past few years, so now is the time to start grow¬ 
ing root crops for medical purposes. Golden Seal i 
and Ginseng are the two biggest money makers j 
of them "all. These roots now sell at enormous 
prices, and there is no reason to believe that they , 
will ever be any cheaper. You can easily produce 
$1000 of roots on a small plot of ground. 
GINSENG 
Ginseng - is considered the greatest money¬ 
maker of all medical plants, and has been 
known to produce over 1,300 lbs. of roots per 
half acre, which sold for about $8,000. Gin¬ 
seng should be planted only in the fall, and 
to be certain of getting the seed, you should 
order at once, for we probably have our en¬ 
tire supply of seed sold long before planting 
time. 36 packets will plant one square rod. 
Pkt. 25c—5 Pkts. $1.00—12 Pkts. $2.00 
36 Pkts. $5.00—80 Pkts. $10, Postpaid 
HONG KONG CONCERN PLACES 
ORDER FOR $7,000 GINSENG 
An order for 1,150 pounds of Ginseng was 
placed yesterday with the St. Louis firm of 
Eugene Donzelot & Son, 209 North Second 
street, for export to China. With the pres¬ 
ent price ranging from $6.00 to $7.50 a pound, 
the order amounted to approximately $7,000. 
Most St. Louisans are probably unaware 
that St. Louis exports Ginseng to China—or 
for that matter even that there is such a 
GOLDEN SEAL 
If you want to get started in the growing of 
medical plants, be sure to plant some Golden 
Seal this year. It is easily grown and should 
bring large returns. Since 1858 Golden Seal 
has increased in value two thousand four hun¬ 
dred per cent. The returns from one acre, at 
four years from planting will average $10,000, 
if properly cared for. 
Pkt. 25c—5 Pkts. $1.00—12 Pkts. $2.00 
36 Pkts. $5.00—80 Pkts $10 
GINSENG BOOK 
Here is the book you want! Experts tell you 
just how to grow Ginseng and Golden Seal. 
This is the book all Ginseng and Golden Seal 
growers need. Most assuredly the beginner 
needs it. It has 367 pages, 100 illustrations— 
and is strongly bound in cloth. Gives yoti 
complete information from the time you plant 
the seed until the roots are ready for market. 
Price, $1.85, Postpaid 
product. Its use was explained by E. J. de 
Figueiredo, managing director of the import¬ 
ing firm of Hughes & Hough, Limited, of 
Hong Kong, who visited the city yesterday to 
purchase Ginseng for his firm. 
Said to Prolong Life 
Ginseng, he explained, is the root of a 
shrub which the Chinese believe has medicin¬ 
al properties. It is used by the Chinese to 
make a tea which, according to their belief, 
prolongs life. 
It is gathered by trappers, and in some in¬ 
stances is cultivated in this country. 
Approximately 200,000 pounds are exported 
from America annually to China, De Figueir¬ 
edo said. The only other countries which pro¬ 
duce it are Canada and Korea. 
—The above article was clipped from the St. Rouis 
Globe-Democrat some time ago. The demand for 
Ginseng Root is such that this same paper Quotes 
prices on Ginseng Roots on the market page each 
day. The price quoted today (August 25, 1934) is 
$8.75 per pound for the wild roots. 
HERE’S ANOTHER 
Read the following news item clipped from a Wis¬ 
consin daily paper: “Wausau, Wis., May 21—(Spe¬ 
cial)—Perhaps by far the most valuable load of 
produces of the soil that ever crossed the streets of 
Wausau, was ^een a few days ago, drawn by one 
horse. The load consisted of eighten inconspicuous 
barrels and no one would have surmised its value 
had it not been that J. H. Koehler was seen watch¬ 
ing it with eagle eye. Upon inquiry it was found 
that the barrels contained 1343% pounds of Ginseng, 
which had been sold for $8,061.00, and was now being 
started on its journey to China. The crop was grown 
on one-half acre of ground near Wausau.” 
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