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This is a picture of mature ginseng raised under artificial shade which of 
course is more expensive than natural shade of trees or vines, but this is not 
considered a heavy expense by experienced GINSENG growers. It is more a 
matter of getting help to construct the lattice work than the matter of expense, 
which, compared to the value of the crop, is a small item. Ginseng this size 
should yield roots worth from 25 cents to 50 cents each at present market price. 
The plants might be twice as thick, two to the square foot, but while the yield 
would be larger, the individual roots would of course be smaller. 
Get your pencil and do a little estimating. There are 43,000 square feet in 
an acre, but don’t forget to deduct the paths between each four foot bed. 
History shows that the Chinese have been using GINSENG for twenty-five 
hundred years. There is every reason to believe there will be higher prices as 
they recover from this terrible effect of years of war. 
LAKE SARAH SPECIALTY FARM ROCKFORD, MINN. 
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