19th Century hemp farming. 1894 illustration of farm workers retting bundles of hemp in a river. Retting is the process by which the hemp bundles are

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19th Century hemp farming. 1894 illustration of farm workers retting bundles of hemp in a river. Retting is the process by which the hemp bundles are wetted to help separate the fibres.

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