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Hemp facts are Courtesy
of The Kentucky Hemp Museum & Library, Versailles, KY
1. One acre of hemp produces twice as much
oil as one acre of peanuts.
Agriculture, Papermakers have high
hopes for Industrial Hemp.
Agri-View. " Wisconsin's largest farm newspaper"
April 27, 1995.
2. America's first hemp law was enacted
in 1619 at Jamestown Colony, Virginia ordering all farmers to grow
Indian hemp seed.
Clark. V.S., History
of Manufacture in the United States, Mcgraw Hill. NY 1929. pg 34.
3. Cannabis hemp was legal tender
in most of the Americas from 1631 until the early 1800's. you could
even pay your taxes with cannabis hemp.
Clark. V.S., History of Manufacture in the
United States. Mcgraw Hill. NY 1929.
pg. 34.
4. "The earliest known woven fabric
was apparently of hemp which began to be worked in the eighth millennium
(8,000-7,000) BC).
"The
Columbia History of the World. 1981. pg. 54.
5. The original. Heavy-duty, famous
Levi jeans were made for the California '49ers out of hemp sailcloth
and rivets so that the pockets would not rip when filled with gold.
Hemp and the Marijuana
Conspiracy: The Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack
Herer, Revised and expanded 1995 edition: copyright March, 1995,
HEMP Publishing. 5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys. CA 91401. pg. 6.
6. One acre of hemp produces as much
cellulose fiber pulp as 4.1 acres of trees.
Dewey & Merrill.
Bulletin #404. U.S. Dept. of Age. 1916.
7. Hemp paper is stronger and has
greater folding endurance than wood pulp paper.
Dewey & Merrill.
Bulletin #404, US Dept. of Ag., 1916.
8. Cannabis hemp seeds contain all
the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, which are vital
to the immune system necessary to maintain a healthy life.
Hempseed Nutrition.
Osburn, Lynn,
Access unlimited, P.O. Box 1900. Frazier Park. CA 93225.
9. Hemp seeds contain up to 24% protein.
A handful of seed provides the minimum daily requirement of protein
for adults.
Rosenthal. Ed. Hemp Today,
pg. 101.
10. The first recorded hemp crop
planted in Kentucky was planted on April 25, 1775 in Boyle County.
State Historic Sight Marker,
Boyle County Kentucky.
11. In the 1800's, Kentucky regularly
accounted for one-half of the industrial hemp production in the
United States.
Hopkins, James F.,
1951. A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky. Lexington:
University of Kentucky
Press.
12. In 1942, the US Army and Department
of Agriculture released their "Hemp for Victory" film which encouraged
farmers to grow hemp for the war effort. The war had cut off importation
of fibers for textiles and rope, and by 1943, over 100,000 acres
of hemp were growing in the US When W.W. II ended, the US Government
canceled virtually all hemp farming permits.
Roulac, John, Industrial
Hemp Practical Products - Paper to Fabric to Cosmetics, pg.
13. Hemptech.
13. In 1938, Popular Mechanics
magazine stated, "Over 25,000 products can be manufactured from
hemp, from cellophane to dynamite."
Roulac,
John. Industrial Hemp Practical Products - Paper to Fabric to
Cosmetics, pg. 24. Hemptech.
14. August 13, 1941, Henry Ford first
displayed his plastic car at Dearborn Days in Michigan. The car
ran on fuels derived from hemp and other agricultural based sources,
and the fenders were made of hemp, wheat, straw, and synthetic plastics.
Ford said his vision was "to grow automobiles from the soil."
The Kentucky Hemp
Museum and Library. 1998 Historical Hemp Calendar, February. Roulac,
John. Industrial Hemp Practical Products - Paper to fabric to
Cosmetics, pg. 11. Hemptech
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