Footnotes 2

101. Schultes, "Man and Marijuana," 60; Lowry, "Flax and
Hemp," 146; H. R. 6385, 75th Cong., 1 sess.; Ralph F. Lozier, House
"Marihuana" hearings, pp. 61, 72; McWilliams, The Protectors: Harry J.
Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 1930-1962, 67; "Hempseed
Oil Out of Marihuana Bill," Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, p. 51;
Fournier, "Les chimiotypes du Chanvre..." 681.
102. Martin J. Connolly, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2707.
103. Schabas, "Canadian-Grown Hemp May Soon Be Ready for Fine
Paper Producers," 60.
104. O. E. Sweeney, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2825.
105. Ralph F. Lozier Papers, folder 1269.
106. Ralph F. Lozier Papers, folder 1270; Ralph F. Lozier, House
"Marihuana" hearings, p. 63.
107. Fournier, "Apercu..." 1266; Grinspoon, Marihuana
Reconsidered, 34.
108. "Muni Burns Pot; Co-ops Want to Burn Peat," Electrical
World, 24.
109. West, "Cannabis and Night Vision," 703.
110. B. B. Robinson and A. H. Wright, Hemp: Its Production and
Use as a Fiber Crop, reprinted in "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2698;
Martin J. Connolly, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2707.
111. "Hemp Slows Up," Business Week, Oct. 23, 1943, p. 40;
"Hemp Quota Cut," Business Week, Jan. 22, 1944, pp. 29-30; "Hemp
Won't Move," Business Week, May 6, 1944, pp. 44-47; Wilsie, Black and
Aandahl, Hemp Production Experiments: Cultural Practices and Soil
Requirements, 15; Wilcox, "The Cost of Producing Hemp in Illinois in
1943," 78, 85; Robinson, "Our Flax and Hemp Industries," 243, 245.
112. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural 1949, Table 413,
p. 335 and 1946, Table 392, p. 307 and 1945, Table 378, p. 281 and 1944,
Table 356, p. 280.
113. Statement of S. H. McCrory, "Farm Crops" hearings, p.
2510; J. LeRoy Farmer to Guy M. Gillette, May 18, 1944 in "Farm Crops"
hearings, pp. 2725-26.
114. Dewey, "Hemp Fiber Losing Ground Despite Its Valuable
Qualities," 286.
115. Statement of Arthur Howe, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2512.
Average proceeds for fiber, combining line and the lower "tow" grade, were
$ 0.15. Those were general prices for the industry. Prices per pound at
three Wisconsin mills are given below.

J. LeRoy Farmer Hemp Mill, Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin
(from "Farm Crops" hearings, p.
2725)

[Insert chart here]

116. O. C. Olman to Guy M. Gillette, May 16, 1944, printed in
"Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2662.
117. Willard Rens to Guy M. Gillette, May 20, 1944, in "Farm
Crops" hearings, p. 2742.
118. J. LeRoy Farmer to Guy M. Gillette, May 18, 1944, in
"Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2725.
119. Series K 502-4, 506-8, 511-13, 520-22, 532-34, 561-63.
120. Statement of Arthur Howe, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2500.
121. J. LeRoy Farmer to Guy M. Gillette, May 18, 1944, in
"Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2726.
122. Fred E. Butcher, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2796.
123. Wilcox, "The Cost of Producing Hemp in Illinois in 1943,"
79. In the 1920's production costs from planting to harvest were similar
to those of wheat (Gilmore, "Hemp Culture May Be Profitable," 478;
Dacy, "Revolutionizing an Industry," 458), with profits described as
"large and dependable"
124. Coulter, "Hemp on the Home Front," 50.
125. Matt Rens, Senate "Hemp" hearing, p. 5.
126. Harry C. Green, "Farm Crops" pp. 2833-34.
127. Matt Rens, Senate "Hemp" hearing, p. 5.
128. George E. Farrell, Senate "Hemp" hearing, p. 16.
129. "Hemp Cultivation in the United States," Textile Colorist,
327; Dacy, "Revolutionizing an Industry," 458; Garland, "Hemp; A
Minor American Fiber Crop," 130. J. LeRoy Farmer to Guy M.
Gillette, May 18, 1944 in "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2725.
131. George E. Farrell, Senate "Hemp" hearing, p. 15;
Dempsey, Fiber Crops, 81.
132. Robinson, "Our Flax and Hemp Industries," 246.
133. Dempsey, Fiber Crops, 60.
134. S. H. McCrory to Guy M. Gillette, April 4, 1944, printed in
"Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2482; statement of Arthur Howe, "Farm Crops"
hearings, p. 2511.
135. O. C. Olman to Guy M. Gillette, May 16, 1944, in "Farm
Crops" hearings, pp. 2661-2.
136. Dempsey, Fiber Crops, 46.
137. Ibid., 47.
138. Series K 534, 546, 549, 555, 563, Historical
Statistics.
139. Malyon and Henman, "No Marihuana: Plenty of Hemp," 433.
140. Ibid., 434.
141. Fournier, "Apercu de la Production du Chanvre..." 1265.
Price figured by averaging exchange rate of francs for dollars in 1975
(4.2876) and 1977 (4.9160).
142. Malyon and Henman, "No Marihuana: Plenty of Hemp," 435.
Prices figured at 1980 exchange rate of francs for dollars.
143. United Nations, FAO, Table 84, p. 187.
144. Dewey, "Hemp," 321.
145. Matt Rens, Senate "Marihuana" hearings, pp. 25-26.
146. U. S. Treasury, Traffic 1938, p. 58.
147. S. H. McCrory to Guy M. Gillette, "Farm Crops" hearings,
p. 2482; Fred E. Butcher, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2799.
148. Dempsey, Fiber Crops, 68; B. B. Robinson, "Farm Crops"
hearings, pp. 2694-95.
149. Standard contract between Commodity Credit Corporation and
hemp growers, printed in "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2483.
150. Fournier, "Apercu de la Production du Chanvre..." 1265,
Price figured by averaging exchange rate of francs for dollars in 1975 and
1977.
151. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural 1949, Table 413,
p. 335 and 1946, Table 392, p. 307 and 1945, Table 378, p. 281
and 1944, Table 356, p. 280.
152. Rounded figures calculated from U. S. Treasury, Traffic
1938, 1940, 1958, 1959, 1961-65; Ralph F. Lozier, House
"Marihuana" hearings, 61.
153. Martin J. Connolly, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2705.
154. "Hemp: Our Forgotten Crop," Missouri Ruralist, 8, 11;
Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War Crop," 2.
155. Hackleman and Domingo, 2-3.
156. Wilsie, Black, and Aandahl, "Hemp Production Experiments:
Cultural Practices and Soil Requirements," 35.
157. Wilsie, Dyas, and Norman, "Hemp: A War Crop for Iowa,"
589.
158. B. B. Robinson, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2687.
159. "Hemp: Our Forgotten Crop," Missouri Ruralist, 8.
160. Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War Crop," 2.
161. Wilsie, Black, and Aandahl, "Hemp Production Experiments:
Cultural Practices and Soil Requirements," 42.
162. Haney and Kutscheid, "An Ecological Study of Naturalized
Hemp in East-Central Illinois," 18.
163. For a summary of rotation schemes see Dempsey, Fiber Crops,
57-58.
164. Vessel and Black, "Soil Type and Soil Management Factors in
Hemp Production," 384. Hacklelman and Domingo, "Hemp...," 3; Wilsie,
Black, and Aandahl, "Hemp Production Experiments...," 5, 25, 35, 41;
Wilcox, "The Cost of Producing Hemp in Illinois in 1943," 84.
165. Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War Crop," 3;
Wilsie, Black, and Aandahl, "Hemp Production Experiments...," 5, 30,
32-5; Dempsey, Fiber Crops, 64.
166. Wilsie, Black, and Aandahl, "Hemp...," 29, 32, n. 9.
167. Dempsey, Fiber Crops, 62-3.
168. Garland, "Hemp: A Minor American Fiber Crop," 130.
169. Robinson, "Hemp," (1943 edition), 5.
170. Wright, "Wisconsin's Hemp Industry," Dewey, "Hemp," 309,
311.
171. Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War Crop," 4;
B. B. Robinson, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2686; Robinson and Wright,
Hemp: Its Production and Use as a Fiber Crop, reprinted in "Farm Crops"
hearings, p. 2700.
172. Fred E. Butcher, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2801.
173. Malyon and Henman, "No Marihuana: Plenty of Hemp," 434.
174. Fournier, "Apercu..." 1268.
175. Wright, "Wisconsin's Hemp Industry, ; Edwards, "Plant
Fibers in Wartime," 107; "Hemp-Handling Machines Create New Industry,"
Popular Mechanics, 333.
176. Lowry, "Flax and Hemp," 145; Dewey, "Hemp," 308-9.
177. Garland, "Hemp: A Minor American Fiber Crop," 127.
178. Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War Crop," 4.
179. Vessel and Black, " Soil Type and Soil Management Factors
in Hemp Production," 384; Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War
Crop," 4; Wilsie, Black and Aandahl, "Hemp Production Experiments...,"
4, 19.
180. Wright, "Wisconsin's Hemp Industry"; Hackleman and Domingo,
"Hemp...," 4; Wilsie, Black and Aandahl, "Hemp...," 4.
181. Wilsie, Black, and Aandahl., "Hemp...," 4, 10, 16.
182. Ibid., 21-22.
183. Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War Crop," 4.
184. Wilsie, Black, and Aandahl, "Hemp Production...," 4.
185. Ibid., 17; Wilsie, Dyas, and Norman, "Hemp: A War Crop
for Iowa," 591.
186. ibid., 592.
187. Hackleman and Domingo, "Hemp: An Illinois War Crop," 6;
Wilsie, Dyas, and Norman, "Hemp: A War Crop for Iowa," 590.
188. Gilmore, "Hemp Culture May Be Profitable," 478; Goulding,
"The Development of Bast and Leaf Fibre Cultivation in the British Empire,"
87.
189. Wilsie, Dyas, and Norman, "Hemp: A War Crop for Iowa,"
593, 595; Robinson, "Hemp," (1943 edition), 10; J. LeRoy Farmer to
Guy M. Gillette, May 18, 1944 in "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2725.
190. Wilsie, Dyas, and Norman, "Hemp: A War Crop for Iowa,"
598; standard contract between Commodity Credit Corporation and growers,
printed in "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2483; Fred E. Butcher, "Farm
Crops" hearings, p. 2800.
191. D.E. Wren, Senate "Hemp" hearing, pp. 708.
192. Wright, "Hemp for Shoes, Ships and Twine," 28; Garland,
"Hemp: A Minor American Fiber Crop," 129, 130.
193. Fournier, "Apercu de la Production du Chanvre...," 1265.
194. S. H. McCrory, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2514; B. B.
Robinson and A. H. Wright, "Hemp: Its Production and Use as a Fiber
Crop," reprinted in "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2702.
195. Wilsie, Dyas, and Norman, "Hemp: A War Crop for Iowa," 590.
196. Willard Rens to Guy M. Gillette, May 20, 1944, in "Farm
Crops" hearings, p. 2743.
197. W. H. Fuller, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2805.
198. Fred E. Butcher, "Farm Crops" hearings, p. 2802.
199. Dempsey, Fiber Crops, 77.
200. Brown, "Progress in the Technology of Flax and Hemp," 301;
Robinson, "Our Flax and Hemp Industries," 247.

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