Arlington Experimental Farm

[1] It was established by an Act of Congress, moving the Department of Agriculture's main research from the National Mall to Arlington.

[2][3] It grew hemp beginning in 1903 (under the cultivation of Lyster Dewey[1]), or 1914.

[4] In 1928, it was the largest United States Department of Agriculture experiment station in the Washington, D.C.

[5] USDA researcher Vera Charles also worked at the station, collecting Cannabis seeds from across America and studying pests and pathogens that could diminish hemp crop productivity.

[11] The land the farm had occupied became Arlington Farms temporary housing during World War II and was developed for the site of The Pentagon and its parking lots.

View of the Arlington Experimental Farm, on the southern bank of the Potomac River, October 1907
Kymington cultivar developed by Lyster Dewey at Arlington, growing there in 1917