Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1911 — Will Try to Grow Medicinal Herbs on Farm at Pembroke. [ARTICLE]

Will Try to Grow Medicinal Herbs on Farm at Pembroke.

William Gillis and family have come from Chicago and settled on*a 15-acre tract of land at Pembroke, a milk station on the Monon railroad a short distance north of Fair Oaks. They were sent there by Drs. Breen and Freeman, medicine manufacturers of Chicago, for the purpose of cultivating various medicinal herbs. Mr. Gillis was in Rensselaer over night and talked to a reporter for The Republican about the' project. He said that the main herb they would raise woul'! be golden seal, more commonly called yellow paccoon. This formerly grew in large quantities and consequently sold for small price, but it is now very scarce and is worth $4 to $6 per pound. It must be raised in the shade and only certain kinds of soil are adapted to it. Mr. Gillis has had some experience in its cultivation and if the experiment proves satisfactory it is intended to purchase more ground and go into the cultivation extensively. The raising of ginseng, which is now valued at $7.50 per pound, will also be undertaken.