Marketing...what do you expect?
on a related note....other marketers would have us believe that Hemp is the be all and end all of fiber.
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Marketing...what do you expect?
on a related note....other marketers would have us believe that Hemp is the be all and end all of fiber.
Yeah...someone made the comment "grow hemp"!!
Sure, Dupont killed the hemp industry, but I think cotton was already destroying it.
I've not looked into it to any great extent.
The way I heard it Hemp is magic. It can do anything. It's way better than cotton, or even silk.
It's gods gift to man. The devil doesn't want man to be happy so his alter eggo, the government, banned it.
DuPont making ga-jillions is just a co-incidence.
Found this
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-hemp-and-cotton-which-is-the-better-textile-n1087
Also, there was some stuff about Russia, Napoleon and the British. They still put the claims that hemp takes up less room, water and pesticides, which makes it a better crop. But, they admit that cotton is softer at the start.
Between cotton/wool/hemp , I guess there will always be the argument. However, most people who want hemp to be legal seem like a bunch of potheads who just want to grow their own cannabis.
most people who want hemp to be legal seem like a bunch of potheads who just want to grow their own cannabis.
That's what it looks like to me too.
I see it as, they used hemp because they couldn't grow cotton or wool well on sea fairing islands. Then, when America happened and they could grow cotton like the former weed called hemp, they figured it was just cheaper to go with the cotton.
Hemp made excellent cordage. The government paid farmers to grow it for the war effort.
Yeah, the article I posted or another one said that there was a requirement for farmers to grow it.
I didn't know that there was a requirement. Money would have been sufficient inducement I'd have thought.