A look at American hemp harvesting and rope making during World War II. See hemp retting, cordage production, and naval applications in this 1942 film.

“Hemp was Henry Clay’s most lucrative cash crop at Ashland,” HenryClay.org writes. “Men enslaved by Clay grew thousands of pounds of hemp and manufactured it into rope and bagging for the ...

Moreover, we are assured the cost is 25 per cent in favor of wire rope over hemp, estimating weight and saving. Again, wire-rigging is much less susceptible of atmospheric changes, ...

Hemp harvest at Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Starting in the 1990s, people would occasionally get change only to find a dollar bill that had been stamped with a speech bubble making George Washington ...

Hemp plants have been part of the material supply chain for generations. They’re commonly used in rope, bags, purses, clothing, beauty products, food, household products and more. Now ...

Many Minnesota farms once boasted hemp acreage, from which can be made rope, twine and fabric. Hemp also can produce CBD oil, which is a growing trend for health, including massage oils, and which ...

Before the invention of anchor chain ships used hemp rope, which often broke and put lives in danger.As the size of ships increased hemp rope anchor cables were not strong enough, and in hot ...

Traditional hemp crafts bring villagers prosperity By Hu Dongmei and Ma Chi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-08-07 14:13 Share ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — Chopping cherry trees is not the only horticultural myth surrounding our most famous Founding Father — slacker culture has long reveled in the tenuous link ...

Rope, not dope: UF to tackle hemp research. Deborah Strange. [email protected]. GAINESVILLE — The University of Florida could start growing industrial hemp as soon as the fall.