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Topic: Hemp (disambiguation)


  
  Hemp - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Hemp rope used in the age of sail was protected by tarring, a labor-intensive process and the reason for the Jack Tar nickname for sailors.
A hemp clothing industry was reborn in the West in 1988, and hemp is being used in increasing quantities in paper manufacturing.
This was traditionally followed by retting, either water retting (the bundled hemp floats in water) or dew retting (the hemp remains on the ground and is affected by the moisture in dew moisture, and by moulds and bacterial action).
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 Reference Encyclopedia - Hemp
Hemp is used to make cordage of greatly varying tensile strength, clothing, food, and the oils from the seeds can be made into paint or used for cooking.
There is a niche market for hemp paper, but the cost of hemp pulp is approximately six times that of wood pulp[3], mostly due to the small size and outdated equipment of the few hemp processing plants in the Western world.
This was traditionally followed by retting, either water retting (the bundled hemp floats in water) or dew retting (the hemp remains on the ground and is affected by the moisture in dew moisture, and by molds and bacterial action).
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> hemp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the U.S.A., hemp is legally prohibited, but during World War II, farmers were encouraged to grow hemp for cordage, to replace manila hemp from Japanese-controlled areas.]]Hemp is a common name for Cannabis and the name most used when this annual plant is grown for non-drug purposes.
There is a niche market for hemp paper, but the cost of hemp pulp is approximately six times that of wood pulphttp://mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/HEMP/IHA/iha01105.html, mostly due to the small size and outdated equipment of the few hemp processing plants in the Western world.
Hemp is an eco-friendly substitute for cotton and while cotton uses 25% of the Earths pesticides, hemp does not need any.
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 English Hemp
Hemp rope rots from the inside out, and thus the rope looks good until it breaks.
The proportion of seed that is most commonly employed, is from two to three bushels acre, according to the quality of the land; but, as the crops are greatly injured by the plants standing too closely together, two bushels, or two bushels and a half may be a more advantageous quantity.
Strong opposition to THC, a chemical known to be less addictive (THC is not physically addictive) or harmful than legal nicotine or alcohol, leads some of its critics to charge ulterior motives such as protection of the synthetic-fibre, wood pulp, petrochemical, and pharmochemical industries.
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 Hemp Hair -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hemp has been important for centuries, perhaps for thousands of years, as a source of fibre from the woody stem of the plant.
Hemp fibre may be used in the manufacture of ropes, textiles and paper.
Hemp is an old English name for a particular herb or plant and for the fibre produced by its growth or cultivation.
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 Hemp - Gnorx.com, the free encyclopedia
This was traditionally followed by retting, either water retting whereby the bundled hemp floats in water or dew retting whereby the hemp remains on the ground and is affected by the moisture in dew moisture, and by moulds and bacterial action.
biodiesel because of the oils in the seeds and stalk of the hemp, another would be biofuel from the fibrous stalks.
Hemp based personal lubricant A novel use for hemp in a personal lubricant to help discorage yeast, bacteria and fungal infections.
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 Industrial hemp - Alternative medicine - Alternative medicine
Industrial hemp (disambiguation)hemp is a name used for Cannabis (the same annual plantannual herb or plant species as marijuana) when it is grown for industrial purposes.
Industrial Hemp or Hemp Fiber is a Natural Fiber that belongs to the Bast Fiber category among the Vegetable Fiber group.
Hemp oil is used in the manufacture of lubricants, paints, soaps, shampoos and detergents.
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Hemp rope is notorious for breaking due to rot.[http://www.uiaa.ch/article.aspx?c=231&a=147] Hemp rope rots from the inside out, and thus the rope looks good until it breaks.
of the era, economies needed large quantities of hemp for rope and oakum.
hemp rope had a short lifetime and was ever in need of replacement.
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 Informat.io on Hemp
There is a niche market for hemp paper, but the cost of hemp pulp is approximately six times that of wood pulp[2], due to a slow digester/beater processing step.
Hemp pulp is processed with hydrogen peroxide, avoiding the sulfuric acid waste problem associated with wood pulping.
[4] Critics of the HIA, however, argue that the necessities of the war and the unavailability of adequate synthetic substitutes outweighed the social, health, and public safety risks of producing hemp.
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 fibre disambiguation | fibre Info Help Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For alternative meanings see Wool disambiguation Wool is the fibre produced as the outer coat of sheep right framed Thick stands of fibre hemp.
U.S. 'Marihuana' production permit from the film Hemp for Victory The use of hemp for fibre production has declined sharply over the last two In collecting the fibre the leaves are cut off at weight is available for fibre the average yield of has been made.
This is a disambiguation page a navigational aid which lists other about wool the fibre commonly produced from sheep.
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 Hemp (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hemp, Cannabis as a source of industrial, food and other non-drug products, including cultivation information.
Roselle Fiber (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as "Roselle hemp".
Jute (Corchorus genus), known as "Bengal hemp", "Calcutta hemp", and "Madras Hemp"
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 Informat.io on Hempseed
Products tried range from cereals to frozen waffles.
There is a niche market for hemp paper, but the cost of hemp pulp is approximately six times that of wood pulp[2], due to a slow digester/beater processing step and the storage costs for a seasonal crop.
Companies in Canada, UK, USA and Germany among many others are processing hemp seed into a growing range of food products and cosmetics; many traditional growing countries still continue with textile grade fibre production.However, hemp is illegal to freely grow in the US because the plant is related to marajauna.
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