yeah, common_man, big effort .. lol .. gotta say when i saw another of your 'total' Wikipedia ones awhile ago i was thinking of suggesting to you via pm that ya might consider posting a bit of it and the link .. and again first impulse now was the same .. BUT .. i don't know if you have the feeling it's better all here just because it's more like reading it at home .. lol .. i've had that feeling on other large ones before so wouldn't be surprised if you also had any of it .. so i enjoyed going through it HERE .. thank you! .. agree, hemp is a top plant and it's good to see it emerging from the shadows again .. not sure how it rates on the use of water compared to other plants, but it sure has heaps of uses .. particularly enjoyed the presidential bits ..
"The Spaniards brought hemp to the Western Hemisphere and cultivated it in Chile starting about 1545.[96] However, in May 1607, "hempe" was among the crops Gabriel Archer observed being cultivated by the natives at the main Powhatan village, where Richmond, Virginia is now situated;[97] and in 1613, Samuell Argall reported wild hemp "better than that in England" growing along the shores of the upper Potomac. As early as 1619, the first Virginia House of Burgesses passed an Act requiring all planters in Virginia to sow "both English and Indian" hemp on their plantations.[98] The Puritans are first known to have cultivated hemp in New England in 1645.[96]
United States "Marihuana" production permit. In the United States, hemp cultivation is legally prohibited, but during World War II farmers were encouraged to grow hemp for cordage, to replace Manila hemp previously obtained from Japanese-controlled areas. The U.S. government produced a film explaining the uses of hemp, called Hemp for Victory.
George Washington pushed for the growth of hemp and even grew hemp himself, as it was a cash crop commonly used to make rope and fabric. In May 1765 he noted in his diary about the sowing of seeds each day until mid-April. Then he recounts the harvest in October which he grew 27 bushels that year.
There is some speculation that George Washington smoked the flower of the cannabis plant in order to achieve a recreational high,[55] but there is no evidence in any of his writings that he grew hemp for anything other than industrial purposes. It is sometimes supposed that an excerpt from Washington's diary, which reads "Began to seperate the Male from the Female hemp at Do.&—rather too late" is evidence that he was trying to grow female plants for the THC found in the flowers. However, the editorial remark accompanying the diary states that "This may arise from their [the male] being coarser, and the stalks larger" [99] In subsequent days, he describes soaking the hemp[100] (to make the fibers usable) and harvesting the seeds,[101] suggesting that he was growing hemp for industrial purposes, not recreational.
George Washington also imported the Indian Hemp plant from Asia, which was used for fiber and, by some growers, for intoxicating resin production. In a letter to William Pearce who managed the plants for him Washington says, "What was done with the Indian Hemp plant from last summer? It ought, all of it, to be sown again; that not only a stock of seed sufficient for my own purposes might have been raised, but to have disseminated seed to others; as it is more valuable than common hemp."[citation needed]
Additional presidents known to have farmed hemp include Thomas Jefferson,[102] James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, and Franklin Pierce. [103]
Historically, hemp production had made up a significant portion of antebellum Kentucky's economy. Before the American Civil War, many slaves worked on plantations producing hemp.[104]"
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