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Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material

BY Lyster Hoxie Dewey

2019-01-07 18:42:08

Nearly all of the hemp in the United States is dew retted. The stalks are spread on the ground in swaths as grain is laid by the cradle. The action of the weather, dew, and rain, aided by bacteria, dissolves and washes out the green coloring matter ( ... Read more
Nearly all of the hemp in the United States is dew retted. The stalks are spread on the ground in swaths as grain is laid by the cradle. The action of the weather, dew, and rain, aided by bacteria, dissolves and washes out the green coloring matter (chlorophyll) and most of the gums, leaving only the fibrous bark and the wood. The plants in this process lose about 60 per cent of their green weight, or about 40 per cent of their air-dry weight. Less

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File size345.312 KB
Print pages34
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781375836005
Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944) was an American botanist from Michigan. He was born in Cambridge, Michigan.[1] In 1888, he graduated from Michigan Agricultural College where, for the next two year...

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