A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky

A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky
Author: James F. Hopkins
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2021-10-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813184185

It is hard to believe that at one time burley tobacco was not the chief cash crop in Kentucky. Yet for more than half a century hemp dominated the state's agricultural production. James Hopkins surveys the hemp industry in Kentucky from its beginning through its complete demise at the end of World War II, describing the processes of seeding and harvesting the plant, and marketing manufactured goods made of the fiber. With debate presently raging over the legalization of industrial hemp, it is essential that an accurate portrait of this controversial resource be available. Although originally published in 1951, Hopkins's work remains remarkably current as hemp manufacturing today is little changed from the practices the author describes. This edition includes an updated bibliography of recent publications concerning the scientific, economic, and political facets of industrial hemp.

Tales from the Kentucky Hemp Highway

Tales from the Kentucky Hemp Highway
Author: Dan Isenstein
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-08-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 143967325X

Among the many hidden gems in Bluegrass history is the state's long relationship with hemp, a history noted by a historical "Hemp Highway" designation. Archibald McNeil was the first to plant the crop in the state in 1775. In 1803, John Wesley Hunt opened the first hemp bagging factory in the United States and helped transform Lexington into the "Athens of the West." Another grower, Thomas Barbee, had a child with an enslaved person and freed his children on his deathbed. His grandson became a hemp grower as well. New organizations like Homestead Alternatives and Zelios Inc. have taken that history into the modern world. Author Dan Isenstein details the history of the crop and the historic trail dedicated to it.

The Reign of Law

The Reign of Law
Author: James Lane Allen
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2008-09-27
Genre:
ISBN: 1427074534

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Marketing Hemp

Marketing Hemp
Author: John Regester Humphrey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1919
Genre: Hemp
ISBN:

The Reign of Law

The Reign of Law
Author: James Lane Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1900
Genre: African Americans
ISBN:

An historical novel which presents the economic importance of hemp as a early raw material for clothing, maritime ropes, and other cordage products. There is information about the growing and harvesting of hemp in this book.

The Reign of Law

The Reign of Law
Author: George Douglas Campbell Duke of Argyll
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1867
Genre: Cosmology
ISBN:

The Reign of Law; A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields

The Reign of Law; A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields
Author: Allen James Lane
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781318753802

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