And there must be many versions of hemp. I have a wild version that is impossible to kill off. My great grandpa in Morrison County used to have a difficult time getting rid of his version so livestock wouldn’t get into it. Grandpa had to slash n burn. I at least have the advantage of weed killers. And I would guess what is being licensed to grow for CBD and other commercial use is different too. From my farm publications it is a variety that doesn’t produce the THC that is mind altering. It’s pretty strictly regulated.
Back to bird feeding I’ve not seen birds taking seed from what we have here that’s wild. But then I try to burn it down before it seeds. I do have another invasive weed that I watched white throated sparrows feed on seeds yesterday. I’m just glad someone appreciates that noxious invasive. Charlene Nelson Grant County Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Jared Del Rosso <jared.delro...@gmail.com> wrote: Apparently, pigeons will eat hemp seeds. When the U.S. Congress first began criminalizing marijuana use in the late-1930s (first by issuing a tax on it, not actually criminalizing it), bird seed companies (at the last minute) tried to interject, seeking an exception for seed production for pigeons. They argued that the seeds were indispensible to the production of healthy squabs; other seeds "changed the character" of the bird. (My source is the sociologist Howard Becker's book *Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance.)* - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, Colorado (formerly, part-time in St. Paul and Cloquet) > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 1:18 PM Kathryn Rudd <katda...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Are the birds lounging about on the fallen leaves and giggling? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 2, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Laura Erickson <chickadee.erick...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I was one of the people in Carrol Henderson's study offering the hemp > seeds >> at my feeder in Duluth--didn't have any takers, either. But it's possible >> the difference is that the hemp seed in the experiment was "industrial >> hemp," not "psychoactive hemp." >> >> Best, Laura Erickson >> Duluth, MN >> >>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 2:08 PM sparky stensaas < > sparkystens...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Ha! This is exactly what Carrol Henderson was working on... >>> Hemp seeds were used as a bird seed many years ago. >>> Last year he had many of us test hemp seeds in our feeders to see if ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
