To show what an old, long standing, 
enterprise the ginseng business of the United 
States is, we give below statistics from the U.S. 
Bureau Foreign & Domestic Commerce, showing 
the number pounds exported and the value 
each year for the past eighty years, the figures 
for the intervening years may be had from us 
or from the Bureau at Washington, D. C. 
Year Pounds exported Value 
1568 370,066 380,457 
to9U 223,113 605.233 
L200 160,901 833,710 
4540 192,406 1,439,435. 
J15 103,184 9,954 
tud0 160,050 1,875,548 
12d 138,16. 1,663,204 
1930 167,000 618,000 
1936 295,032 1,235,789 
1937 136,664 707,250 
1938 EA Wi Pde bs, 1,028,568 
1940 188,520 1,098,151 
1941 129,064 1,090,889 
1946 185876 2,230,789 
1948 418300. 1,984,566 
1956 (7482 $95,676 
es nn S664 S70,075 
“Above fcr the first ten months of 1951. 
Divide the dollars by the pounds to get 
the price per pound. 
Pounds per acze will depend largely on 
how well taken caie of War or no 
war the Chinese have always been able to 
teke all the GINSENG ROOTS the United 
states has been able to send them. 
LAKE SARAH SPECIALTY peas 
Rockford, Minnesota. 
