. The industries of Japan : together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce. From travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government. A GR1CUL TURAL IND USTR V. 141 containing about twelve drawers, one above another, their bottomsbeing made of stout paper. Here they stay for two or three days,according to their size, enduring a temperature of ioo° to 1200 C,which renders them perfectly dry and ready for market. Butsometimes this drying is done in the sun, in which case it lastscorrespondingly longer. These prepared and dried ginseng roots have on
. The industries of Japan : together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce. From travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government. A GR1CUL TURAL IND USTR V. 141 containing about twelve drawers, one above another, their bottomsbeing made of stout paper. Here they stay for two or three days,according to their size, enduring a temperature of ioo° to 1200 C,which renders them perfectly dry and ready for market. Butsometimes this drying is done in the sun, in which case it lastscorrespondingly longer. These prepared and dried ginseng roots have only about one-fourth of their original weight; 160-200 of them go to one kilo-gramme. In colour they range from yellowish to brown. They. Fig. 6. are semi-diaphanous, somewhat brittle, and have a bitter-sweettaste, which excites mucus. They have to be carefully protectedfrom dampness and small beetles (Rhynchophorus\ and are usedin the form of decoctions and extracts. The stalks and leavesof the plant are utilized also, being boiled to a black, sticky paste,which, in consequence of its sugar having gone over into caramel,looks and tastes like liquorice, though with a bitter twang. Thispreparation is not exported. There are many buyers of the prepared ginseng-root, who pay 142 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 5-7 yen for a kin (600 grammes). In China it is worth 10 yen,or 40 shillings. The ginseng of Manchooria fetches a much higherprice, especially the sort most in demand, which looks like amber,and which is often paid for in five to eight times its weight of sil-ver. Equally esteemed is theginseng of Corea, which isstill an important item inexportations. In the Toku-gawa period the Daimid ofTsushima was exempt fromtaxation, b
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