200 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.JV. [J/^o-. 2, 1908. 



Knots. 



V. G. CIIOMLEY. 



EvEKV fai-mer uses rojies for some purpose, t'itlicr t'oi- tyiiiy on louds or ii> 

 CJiinection witli his stuck, but it is seldom that one sees the most suitable 



F.g. 1.— Reef ki.ot. 



knots employed. .V good knot should be e?isy to undo- -that is, it siiouid not 

 jamb when a strain i.s put on it, nor sliould it become fast when wet. Ihere 



Fig. 2. Bowline. 



are so many knots employeil by sailors, that to refer to a work on knot.s and 

 cordage is almost bewildering, and many of the knots shown in such work.t 



