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Jack Herer made USDA Bulletin 404 part of his argument for hemp’s industrial revival. The original study supports a narrower conclusion: hemp hurds could make usable printing paper, with practical obstacles still to solve.
The bulletin’s Table II compares the land needed to sustain a pulp mill: 10,000 acres of annually grown hemp against 40,500 acres of pulpwood land under its assumptions. That is a sustained-supply calculation, rather than a universal substitution ratio. The authors also identified disadvantages in raw-material storage and digester capacity.
Herer extends the report into a forecast of large-scale replacement of wood pulp. The forecast belongs to his advocacy; it is not a result established by the trials. This entry provides industrial context for the United States and does not move a personal-freedom score.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for United States here.
References
- Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making MaterialLyster H. Dewey, Jason L. Merrill · United States Department of Agriculture · 1916 · Bulletin 404, pp. 21–25, Table II and Conclusionsarchived
- The Emperor Wears No Clothes (supplied EPUB, edition unspecified)Jack Herer · Chapter 4, Paper Making; split_010.htm
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