[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hemp production in Wisconsin was HUGE during WWII. They grew it to make rope for the military. The ‘Hemp Mills’ used German POWs and Japanese-Americans as labor.

Not so cool from the same state that helped abolish slavery!

Anyhow: https://www.newheadnews.com/hemp/WiscHempMills.html

I find ‘hemp’ from time to time on my farm, but whether it’s still from WWII or from the previous Hippies that lived here, I do not know, LOL!

[DiogenesLamp]

Hemp was a profitable crop back in the 1860s. Pretty much every ship used miles of Hemp. But I think it was like the 5th most valuable cash crop at the time. I also don't think it took a terrible amount of labor to grow it.