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5.  Refund  Guarantee.— Statements  on  the  labels  of  drugs  guar- 
anteeing them  to  cure  certain  diseases  or  money  refunded  may  be 
so  worded  as  to  be  false  and  fraudulent  and  to  constitute  misbranding. 
Misrepresentations  of  this  kind  are  not  justified  by  the  fact  that  the 
purchase  price  of  the  article  is  actually  refunded  as  promised. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
GINSENG  GROWERS  MAY  FIND  GOLDENSEAL  AN 
ADMIRABLE  SIDE  CROP. 
However,  Market  for  this  Native  Drug  Plant  is  Limited,  Labor  Costs 
are  High,  and  Special  Care  in  Cultivation  is  Necessary. 
Goldenseal  is  a  native  drug  plant  of  admitted  commercial  value, 
which  is  rapidly  becoming  scarce,  and  farmers  who  have  had  experi- 
ence with  ginseng  may  find  in  goldenseal  an  admirable  side  or  suc- 
cession crop.  This  is  the  opinion  of  one  of  the  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture's  drug-plant  specialists,  whose  pamphlet,  "Golden- 
seal Under  Cultivation,"  has  just  been  issued  as  Farmers'  Bulletin 
613.  Goldenseal,  known  to  the  pharmacist  and  physician  as  Hydras- 
tis, is  native  to  open  woodland  where  there  is  ample  shade,  good 
natural  drainage,  and  an  abundance  of  leaf  mold.  It  is  most 
abundantly  found  in  Ohio,  Indiana,  West  Virginia,  and  Kentucky, 
though  it  grows  west  to  Minnesota,  south  to  Georgia,  and  in  southern 
New  York.  It  is  not  grown  in  Europe  on  a  commercial  scale,  and 
the  United  States  exports  quantities  of  this  drug  to  Germany. 
In  general,  drug  plants  are  difficult  to  grow,  labor  costs  are  high, 
and  the  market  is  limited.  These  drawbacks  are  true  to  goldenseal 
but  ginseng  growers  who  are  already  equipped  for  the  culture  of 
exacting  woodland  plants,  but  whose  ginseng  crops  have  been 
attacked  by  pests  and  diseases,  should  meet  with  some  success  with 
goldenseal.  The  latter  requires  essentially  the  same  conditions  as 
the  other  crop,  but  is  easier  to  grow,  being  far  less  subject  to  dis- 
ease and  attacks  from  mice. 
Steady  Advance  in  Market  Price. 
There  began  to  be  a  commercial  demand  for  goldenseal  about 
i860,  and  since  then  its  use  has  become  world-wide,  although  most 
of  it  is  consumed  in  this  country.    It  is  valued  solely  for  its  remedial 
