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Lestee if I can make this thingy work ...

right now I don't have time to do comprehensive captions but

this first one is of a big hemp operation in WI in the '40s.

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ok, that was easy -- first topic I ever did.

Hemp shocks in WI, the processing plant is in the background

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letsee what's next hmmm

Oh ya a hemp turning tool in Iowa. I think IH was thinking abuot purchasing this tool -- or coopting it. Anyway hemp stalks need to rot for a while and to get even rotting (retting) you need to turn the windrows which is a real chore by hand.

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hmmm I must have some older vintage pics too letmesee

here we go -- an old IH hemp turning device
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ok one more for now and then I have to go back to the grindstone.

Letsee oh, Reaper Madness need I say more?

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