Show agriculture IN INDUSTRY by El florence orence C wood weed this is me no of or series bencs ol of articles showing g how turn farm products product are finding in an important market in industry research on hemp As soon as science can produce a hemp plant tree free from a narcotic drug this crop will offer a good market for farmers unfortunately the plant in its present form produces the narcotic marihuana marijuana marih uana the misuse ol of Us this drug has caused the passage of the federal marihuana marijuana marih uana act which forbids the growing of hemp except under federal supervision because of the restrictions less than 1000 tons annually are grown in this country although in former years the growing of hemp fiber was a flourishing industry in 1859 kentucky alone produced tons the word hemp is sometimes applied to about three different fiber plants including manila hemp and sisal hemp the common variety grows well in the united states attaining a height of 3 to 20 feet and sometimes yielding to 1000 pounds of fiber per acre the plant is cut by machine and allowed to dew ret on the ground then it Is co collected in stacks and sold to the hemp mill the mill dries the stalk and removes the fiber in a hemp brake cordage which can be made from hemp fiber Is one of the urgent needs of awe the defense program hemp can also be used in making cigarette paper and this commercial outlet has already been beef opened from the seed a useful oil can be extracted and when mixed with other seeds the hemp can be utilized as bird food research Is already under way to find a variety of hemp that will contain only a small amount of mari buana this work appears promising since some plants have been found to produce only small quantities of the resin |