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Peanuts was the big topic in the Food Science Department yesterday at the
Experiment Station here. The Georgia Peanut Commission held its first
meeting in Griffin and toured the Food Science building to see what work
was being done on peanuts. Dr. A. L. Shewfelt, head of the department,
briefed the visitors after lunch and took them on a tour of the building.
Looking over some research bags of peanuts are (1-r) Dr. Guy Woodroof,
It’s a bonus for mountain people
ATLANTA (UPI) - There’s
gold in them thar hills of
southern Appalachia and it’s
spelled g-i-n—s-e-n-g.
It has to be dug up, like the
real yellow metal, and it’s
found in the black earth of the
mountain slopes near the
hardwood trees—the oak, hick
ory, birch or ash.
Right now, ginseng from the
Appalachian Mountains is sell
ing for about $55 per pound.
Ginseng is an herb with a
long, fleshy root that is used as
a medicine and is highly prized
by the Chinese as an
aphrodisiac. It grows wild in
the Appalachians and is cul
tivated as a crop in several
states, including Georgia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin
and New York to name a few.
The coming of the first frost
signals the end of the ginseng
harvest season. That’s when the
few hundred fur trappers that
still roam the mountains bring
in their ginseng, along with the
pelts of mink,fox,skunk and
raccoon, to the fur traders who
give them hard cash in
exchange.
Rural folk familiar with the
many herbs that grow in the
mountains also dig the ginseng
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GRISLY AUTO ACCIDENT in Hong Kong may seem
worse than usual since it involved only two cars but
yielded dozens of ‘‘victims.” Fortunately, the whole
thing was only a dramatization for a new movie being
filmed called “Black Spot.”
Peanuts topic at station
root and sell it to supplement
their income.
The Plott Trading Company
of Atlanta is one of the biggest
dealers of ginseng roots in the
lower Appalachians. Quince C.
Plott, the owner, says he
recently shipped 100 pounds of
the herb to a broker in New
York. Between now and the first
of the year, he adds, the
trappers and mountaineers will
bring in their latest diggings.
Rural residents in the moun
tain areas go into the woods to
find the root and after digging
it they dry it out in the shade
for three or four weeks before
selling it in lengths from two to
seven inches, according to
Plott.The trappers harvest it
while hunting for game.
Persons who have sampled
ginseng say it has a biting, half
bitter taste.
“A lot of doctors say there is
no medicinal value in ginseng,”
says Plott. “But the Chinese,
they all believe in it.”
Chinese demand for the
herb,in fact, is the principal
reason the root has such a high
commercial value. United Fur
Brokers of New York, which
handles 50 to 60 per cent of the
ginseng trade in this coun-
former food science department head; Dr. Shewfelt, director of the food
science department at the Griffin Station; Harold Brown of Tifton,
coordinator of the Georgia Peanut Commission; Jon Daniel of Dawson, vice
chairman of the commission; Dr. C. J. B. Smit of Athens, chairman of food
science for the University of Georgia; and Mrs. K. M. Walters, of the food
science staff in Griffin.
Ginseng
try,exports about 200,000 pounds
annually with a value of over
$lO million. Ninety per cent
finds its way into China via
Hong Kong, with another 8 per
cent going to Singapore and 2
per cent to Taiwan.
Plott says other big markets
for the root are New York and
San Francisco which have large
Chinese populations.
“The Chinese brew it in a tea
and put it in soup," he said.
“Some others chew it. ” It’s
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selling for SSO to $65 a pound.
And I’ve seen it go as high as
SBS per pound,” Plott said.” The
wild kind is more valuable. I
think it has a stronger taste.”
Plott’s father, A.J. Plott, who
lives in the North Georgia
mountains near Blairsville,also
buys and sells the ginseng root,
and Plott says there are other
dealers in Virginia, Tennessee,
Ohio and Missouri.
The name of the plant comes
from Chinese words meaning
"likeness of man” because of
the shape of the root. Those
shaped most like a human body
“are really worth their weight
in gold to the Chinese,”
according to one description of
the plant.
Demand for the root caused
the wild ginseng supply to
dwindle. It is now cultivated in
some northern and a few
southern states. It requires
several years for the roots to
grow to the desired size.
Liberal Sen. Mondale out
of presidential running
By MIKE FEINSILBER
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen.
Walter F. Mondale’s withdraw-
Carter
to announce
Dec. 12
ATLANTA (UPI) - Gov.
Jimmy Carter is expected to
announce as a candidate for
president in a speech to the
National Press Club in Wash
ington on Dec. 12.
Carter has refused to say
what his plans are but a
spokesman said the governor
would “announce his future
political plans” at the Press
Club, then return to Atlanta to
“make the same statement to
his Georgia friends.”
He has been widely men
tioned as a possible contender
for the Democratic nomination
and a committee has opened an
office in downtown Atlanta to
promote his candidacy should
he get into the race.
Hamilton Jordan, former
executive secretary for Carter,
said the “Committee for Jimmy
Carter” was formed to encour
age Carter to get in the race
and to “get ready,” depending
on what the governor does.
Carter will be leaving office
in January but he has gained
widespread exposure and nu
merous contacts while serving
as chairman of the National
Democratic Committee.
He campaigned in several
states for Democratic candi
dates prior to the national
elections earlier this month.
Jordan said the committee
has already filed a campaign
financial statement with the
General Accounting Office in
Washington and was receiving
some “small” contributions. He
said the office was being
financed through donations.
Jordan had also served as
executive director of the
national campaign committee
under Carter. He has been
joined in the Carter campaign
office by Steve Chandler, a
former researcher for Carter.
al leaves the liberal wing of the
Democratic party without a
potential presidential candidate
of national stature.
The 46-year-old Minnesotan, a
hand in his pocket, stood before
15 microphones Thursday after
noon and gave up the idea of
seeking the nomination.
“I think the presidency is
very important,” he said, “and
I admire those who want it so
bad that they will do what must
be done to get it.”
But, he said, after spending
SIOO,OOO and traveling thou
sands of miles to test the
waters, “basically I found I did
not have the overwhelming
desire to be president, which is
essential for the kind of
campaign that is required.”
That narrowed the list ,of
active potential candidates to
Sens. Henry M. Jackson,
Wash., and Lloyd M. Bentsen,
Tex.; Rep. Morris Udall, Ariz.,
and Gov. George Wallace, Ala.
Os the four, only Udall is the
sort of dovish liberal who might
appeal to the Kennedy Aving of
the party. But he is not well
known, and his candidacy is
only taken half seriously.
The Nov. 5 election may have
promoted some Democrats into
position to stake a claim.
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Among them are Hugh Carey,
governor-elect of New York,
and Sen. Birch Bayh, Ind., who
was an announced candidate
for a short time in 1968.
Sen. George S. McGovern,
S.D., is not expected to seek the
nomination again.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., and Florida Gov. Reubin
Askew preceded Mondale in
withdrawing as potential 1976
presidential nominees.
Mondale promoted two more
names —Minnesota Gov. Wen
dell Anderson and his old
mentor, Sen. Hubert H. Hum
phrey, Minn., “the most loved
person in the Democratic
party.” Mondale took Hum
phrey’s seat in the Senate when
Humphrey became vice presi
dent in 1965.
Mondale said his decision was
“final.” His withdrawal was
tearless. Young volunteers lined
the walls of the Senate hearing
room to witness his withdrawal.
His wife, smiling, sat behind
him.
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