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HISTORY.
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quefoliuui, is a plant closely related to
the parsley family, in which family are
included the parsnip, carrot and celery.
(Ginseng is a Chinese word meaning
man-shape ) The root has been used
constantly in China for centuries. A
report of the high estimation in which j
it was held in China for centuries, j
Father Jartaux. a missionary in China, !
gave adescriptiou of the plant and sent;
samples of the roots, seeds and leaves to j
Father Lafitau, who was a missionary
among the Iroquois Indians in Canada,
and who thereupon began to search for
it. He soon found roots answering the
description of those sent by his brother j
missionary, and after due time it proved!
to be a near relative of the Chinese
root?Panax Ginseng. This discovery
was made near Montteal, Canada, in
the year 1716.
Soon after its discovery tho French,
who then controlled Canada, began to
gather it for export to China through
their Indian agencies. At first the exportation
of the root was looked upon
with so little favor that the business
was cHvfin to the sailors as an extra in
ducement to remain in the service. The
value then was only 84 cents per pound,
but as it grew abundantly and could
be obtained for a song, the export trade
was very profitable.
In the early days of exportation, the
price was very low, being only 52 cents
per pound in 1858, and that year 866,005
pounds were exported, since that year
the quantity of root exported only 179,573
pounds, the average price paid for
same being $4.71. This shows at a
glance that the amount exported has
decreased more than 50 per cent, and
the price has increased over 900 per
cent In 1908 there were exported
155,180 pounds, the average price paid
for same being $7.21.
Until five years ago little cultivated
Ginseng had been marketed. It had
been fully demonstrated the plant
would grow under cultivation successfully,
but would the Chinese buy the
cultivated root? Occasionally small
lots of cultivated roots were sent to
China which sold for gsod prices, bringing,
in some cases, from 20 to 40 per
cent more than the wild forest grown
root. The forests have been cut down
and cleared away to supply lumbe and
make farms, exterminating the Ginseng
plant, except in a few isolated
mountain forests, where it has been so
persistently hunted till it is well nigh
extinct.
DESCRIPTION?botany.
The seeding plant has three simple
leaves in a whorl at the top of the stem,
they at first look something like newly
sprouted beans, rising two inches above
ground. The leaves resemble the leaves
of the elm, and as it grows wherever
poison oak grows, and also is not greatly
unlike the latter in appearance, many
plants are overlooked by the "Sang
Diggers." Duriug the second year the
plant grows four to six inches high,
separates into two branches at the top,
and each branch has five leaves. Cultivated
plants, and some wild ones, produce
in the second year berries which
are about the size of wax beans, containing
from one to three seeds each.
A straight stem rises two inches high
from the fork, on the end of which are
very delicate yellowish blossoms.
These are followed by a pod of green
berries, which, in August and September
turn to a beautiful red and look
very much like a bunch of cinamon
drops. The third year the plant grows
eight to twelve inches high, branching
at the top into a tripod, each branch
having five leaves. The fourth year
the plant has four branches at the top
of the stalk, each having five leaves.
The stalk is aoouc tne size ox a xenu
pencil, and of a reddish-green color.
The four year old plants grow twelve
to twenty inches high, and a bed of
fine, uniform cultivated plants, with
large pods of rich, red berries, the
value of which is 50 cento to $1.50 per'
plant, is exceedingly beautiful and interesting.
NATURAL HOME OF THE PLANT.
Tha natural home of Ginseng is in
the wild3 of the forest. Those who
commence the cultivation of the mysterious
root should always bear this in
mind, and make the environment of the
garden as near like the primeval forest
ao nnaoihiA Tn nth fir words, make the
surroundings shady, cool and damp,
and the soil rich. In its wild state it
thrives best in the rich, moist, but welldrainsd,
soil from which the oak, hickory,
beech, maple and similar timber
thrive, but will not grow in low, wet
marshy soil. It is cultivated commercially
in New York, Pennsylvania,
Michigan. Wisconsin, and southward to
Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, North!
Carolina. A garden that will produce I
vegetables will produce Ginseng.
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the next question, or rather the one
that must be considered at the same
time as the location question, is the j
choiee of soil. Choose almost anyquality
or texture, With the exoeption
of clay, heavy clay loam, light sand and
muck. These are not adapted to the
requirements of the plant and its best
development. The best soil is a good, *
friable loom, light rather than heavy, 1
and well supplied with decaying vegeta- i
ble matter. It must be clear of stones, 1
clods, chunks of wood, tree roots and 1
other obstructures, so that the Ginseng (
roots may have free range to develop \
and not be robbed of food or be dis- j
turbed. The deeper the soil the better, i
and should have a natural drainage as t
it will not grow in a swamp or where i
water stands, as it requires a soil like 1
that which we use for olu* gardens. 1
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WHAT THE CHINESE DO "WITH IT.
They pulverize the dry root and make
tea of it. They consider this tea the
best tonic in the world. When a Chinaman
falls sick with almost any disease,
he makes about a pint of Ginseng tea,
the stronger the better, and drinks it,
about a gill at a drink every two or
three hours. The tea, together with
his firm belief in its virtue, usually
cures him. The infant is cured py put
tiDg the pulverized roots in its food.
The rich use it to flavor their food, not
only for the flavor, but its heathful properties,
claiming it restores youth. The
priests use it in their religious ceremonies.
In the above, and in dozens of other
waps, the Chinese use Ginseng. The
Chinese are firm in their convictions
and superstitions. They have believed
in I he virtues of Ginseng for thousands
of years and will continue to do so for
thousands of years to come. Hence
there need be no fear of overstocking
the market. Mr. Quang, President of
the Chinese Merchants' Company, of
Shanghai, China, said:
"The supply is fast diminishing; the
demand is growing greater each year.
The amount used is only guaged by the
supply. We pay a good price for your
Ginseng; we would pay more if an increased
price would get it. We could
use twenty times what we get at present
prices. It would be impossible for
you Americans to glut the market with
Ginseng in the next fifty years. Ginseng
is used by every Chinaman, no
matter how poor. The Ginseng market
is aa staple as the market for tea or
coffee, and not subject to change as is
every other article of commerce. Unless
the Americans cultivate it, there is
going to be a great scarcity of Ginseng,
and that soon."
PROFITS.
Ginseng is the most valuable and
profitable crop in the world. More
money can be made from a few square
rods of ground than the average farm,
and with one-tenth of the labor. As a
safe estimate. 1,000 roots will grow on
one square rod of ground, which makes
160,000 to an acre. Some growers claim
as many as 200,000, and even more, to
the acre. Setting the roots six inches
apart each way in rows, making due
allowance for walks between the beds,
one acre will bo found to contain about
160,000. One square rod of ground produces
1,000 roots set six inches apart
each way, allowing walks between the
beds. Estimating 10 roots to the pound
(at the age of five years) gives 100
pounds; when dried, 83 1-3 pounds At
$6.00per pound it makes $200.00. While
making the five year's growth, the
roots would produce 200,000 seeds, of
at present prices, $500,000 worth or
seeds. But, leaving the seeds out of
the count, for one square rod of Ginseng
five years old, we have $200.00, or for an
acre we have $32,1)00. This estimate
looks unreasonable and most people will
not believe it, but it is a conservative I
estimate, nevertheless. Those who do !
go into it will reap a rich harvest.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET INTO THE
BUSINESS.
Enormous profite are to be made in
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planting Ginseng now. r rum me ujs- i
covery of Ginseng in America to 1875,
the price rarely went above $1.00 per
pound for dried root. While it will pay
to grow Ginseng at $1.00 per pound,
there was not sufficient inducements at
that Jprice for growers to attempt its
cultivation. But from the above date
the price gradually increased, and pioneers
in the business commenced to try
to cultivate it, and today it is bringing
from $7 to $12 per pound. There is one
thing we wish to impress on every reader
that a more profitable investment
than starting a Ginseng garden would
be hard to find. It is a business opportunity
that will mean much in the future.
The supply of the wild root is
fast diminishing, and in a few years
will Hiaannfliir nLitocether. Seventv-five
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per cent of the area over which it grows
has been stripped of timber which affords
it shade, and is now in cultivation.
Ginseng is as staple with the
Chinese ?s tea, coffee and tobacco is
with ns, and is quoted as regularly in
the markets of the world; and to replenish
the fast diminishing supply of
wild root, we are solving the problem
by Ginseng culture. A small city lot
would be quite a good 'sized Ginseng
garden and for tbis reason almost anyone
can get started in the business, no
matter how limited his capital may be,
the only difference being that the person
who starts on a larger scale may
expect proportionately larger resulte.
Start planting at once with a few hundred
or thousand roots as your means
will permit, with, say from 1,000 to
10,000 seed will grow into business as a
side line while you follow your usual
occupation, and note which will pay the
best for the time and money employed
fnr 41 nn tn 41,000 can be added to vour
income annually, once you can get a
start, you can soon have from a half
acre to an acre growing, and an acre of
well cultivated American Ginseng is
valued from $25,000 to $50,000, depending
on management,
A GARDEN IN CAEROLLTON.
Some two and a half years ago A. O. '
Williams and E. M. Bass, started a i
small garden of Ginseng, putting out ,
lve beds 4 feet by 100 feet as an experi- 1
nent to see whether it would grow and
prosper in this soil and climate as it
ivould in other places, and with their (
experiences and investigation they
ied that every requirement is all that t
t takes to grow it successfully. Hav- j
ng expended a few hundred dollars on t
heir ground, making beds and build- ']
ngs their artificial shade of plank, c
ising chestnut' post with heart pine t
umber for the shade, they have a gar- -
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den that is growing, and is worth from
$1,500 to $2,000. They gathered something
like $75.00 worth of seed from
their plants last year. We understand
they are now ready to plant larger quan
tities of it and are being nrged to organize
a company of $10,000 to begin the
cultivation on a larger scale.
A. O. Williams,
Carroll County Times '
Carrollton, Ga.
J. W. Sign, Funeral
Direetor and Embalmer
In the days of old, when bodies
rt four Entire o f for Af K
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anyone could be an undertaker^
but today, when remains are preserved
for days and shipped hundreds
of miles before the inter
ment, ,the mortican must be learn- *
ed in his art; and understand as
much about anatomy as the average
physician. One of the best
known undertakers in the State of
South Carolina is Mr. J. W. Sign,
whose business career in Abbeville
has reached the inspiring
number of forty-five years and
who is held in high esteem by all
of our people. Mr. Sign's establicVirrxanl
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Mr. H. B. Sign *
ped of its kind in this section ol
the south and a large and complete
line of coffins, metalic caskets,
metalic and slate grave vaults, etc.*
are to be found in stock at all
times* Mr. Sign is assisted by
his son, Mr- H. R. Sign, who is a
graduate of the Southern School
of Embalming, class of 1909, and
is the only licensed embalmer in
Abbeville County. The art of undertaking
is one requiring special
tact and fitness for things which is
beyond the power of the average
mortal to assume, and we dare say
that all who have had dealings
with Mr. H. K. bign will agree
us when we state that he is a man ,
of tact and skill, and is always
tasteful and considerate of the
feelings of the aggreaved, and has
the human sympathy without which
an undertaker can never hope to
make a success of his work. His
funerals pass of with that smoothness
which does so much for those
left behind.
This establishment is equipped
with the most up-to-date funeral
car that is to be found anywhere.
Taggart Hotel
This hotel conducted bv Mr&.
Mary H. Taggart on Pinkney St
is too will known to require any
introduction. It is comfortable
and home like and tells its own
story of excellent management.
It is where many of our leading
business men dine.
The tables are supplied with the
best the market affords at all times.
Mrs. Taggart is a most estimable
lady and has been connected with
Abbeville's bbsiness interests for a
number of years. She was proprietess
of theGlenn?Etnel Hotel
which was burned nearley two
years ago. It would be impossible
to find another who would be her
superior in business connections, or
better fitted in catering to the
traveling public.
This hotel is well situated between
both the Sea Board and
Southern Railway stations andDnly
a few minutes work to the
Dusiness portion of the town.
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