For the first time in 60 years, Canadian farmers will be allowed to grow hemp this spring. Health Minister Allan Rock confirmed Friday that commercial cultivation of hemp will be allowed: “This ...

Old Ironsides, America’s first large warship, required 60 tons of rope and sail material, all from hemp. The hemp anchor rope on Old Ironsides was 25 inches in circumference.

You may generally count on 100 lb for every foot the hemp is over 4 f. high. A hand will break 60 or ... “Men enslaved by Clay grew thousands of pounds of hemp and manufactured it into rope and ...

Many Minnesota farms once boasted hemp acreage, from which can be made rope, twine and fabric. ... "I'm 60 and can do anything I want," quipped LaDuke. "But I'm not a millionaire.

Springfield farmer Ryan Loflin on Monday planted the nation’s first industrial hemp crop in almost 60 years. Loflin’s plans to grow hemp already have been chronicled, ...

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.

The Russians had used hemp rope as far back as 600 BCE. Greeks started using hemp rope on their ships around 200 BCE. The British began to use hemp ropes a century after the Greeks.

Hobnails and Hemp Rope: ... Kain came to Canada from his native Austria in 1909 to work as a mountain guide and is credited with 60 first ascents in the Canadian Rockies and B.C.’s Purcell Range.

He used hemp for rope, thread, boat sails and fishing nets. Alabama likely never grew much hemp because historically cotton grew well here and was historically the state’s best cash crop, ...

Post-legalization, the market for hemp rope, fabric and other non-ingestible products was slow to develop. Even sales of CBD products were stymied by a lack of federal regulations, ...