Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1920 — KING OF GINSENG BRINGS CROP TO MARKET [ARTICLE]

KING OF GINSENG BRINGS CROP TO MARKET

E. M. Thomas brought some valuable produce to market this Thursday morning in the way of fortyfive pounds of ginseng, an herb root with which the majority of the people of this country are umfamfliar. Ginseng is a medicinal: herb used chiefly in China, and it b to that country that Mr. Thomas’ ginseng is bound. Mr. Thomas has raised the herb for the past several years and has found it to be unr usually profitable. The root is planted early in the summer and dug in the fall, after which it is permitted to dry for several months before being placed on the market. Ginseng at the present time is quoted at >18.25 a pound, and Mr. Thomas' supply will net him upwards of >BOO. The valuable herbs are being sent to a St, Louis concern. The reason that such a profitable venture is not more generally followed in this country is that very few people know how to raise the herb, and Mr. Thomas is one of the few who has studied ginseng cultivation.