Show ginseng growing industry can you give me any information about tho the culture of ginseng gins would it be likely to prove profitable the culture of ginseng has been greatly advocated in some quarters in america during the past few 5 ears cars and owing to the large prices said to have been paid for the roots and tho the enormous profits which it Is 1 claimed can be made by growing ginseng glus cn quite a number of persons aie me trying to grow it ginseng Is not hoj however ever an easy crop to grow and requires a great deal of care it also takes five MO years before the roots are large enough to sell some persons are growing it successfully and hope to make money out of the sale of the roots it Is thought by many bisin te rested persons that more money 13 1 being made out ot of the sale of the seeds and young plants to prospective prospect ivo g byeis than will ever be made by the growers themselves as the mar ket will probably become overstocked with ginseng and the prices reduced the market for ginseng Is china as the loots are used by the chinese as a drug there are many surer investments for capital than the culture of ginseng |