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C B A 



Fig. 157 



Farmer's loop begun 



two round 



Fig. 158 



Farmer's loop* — A 

 secure loop, quickly 

 tied without access to 

 the ends of the rope 

 and capable of being 

 untied after having 

 been drawn tightly, 

 is made in the fol- 

 lowing manner: 



Form 



turns and hold them 

 as shown in Fig. 157, 

 thus bringing side by 

 side three ropes, A, B, 



J 



Fig. 159 



Fig. 160 



Farmer's loop, last stage 



and C. Pass A under B and up between B 

 and C, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 157 

 and as shown in Fig. 15S. Pass C under A, 

 as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 158 and as 

 shown in Fig. 159. Pass B under C, as in- 

 dicated by the arrow in Fig. 159 and as shown in Fig. 160, pull B out to 

 form the loop, and tighten the knot to the condition shown in Fig. 161. 



Fig. 161. — Farmer's loop 

 completed 



Fig. 162. — Short splice, first stage 



SPLICES 



Short Splice. — To join the 

 ends of two ropes by inter- 

 lacing or weaving their strands 

 together, the short splice is 

 sometimes used. As all the 

 gjf^^j^SSS. strands of one rope are woven 

 into the other rope at one 

 place, the rope at that place is 

 six strands thick and the splice 

 is of necessity considerably 

 larger than the original rope. 

 The short splice will not run 

 through pulley blocks. 



* The writer has never seen this knot described in any reference book, 

 at the Genesee County Fair at Batavia in 1910. 



It was shown to him by a farmer 



