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6. Assuming that a good team can for a moment pull on a hay rope an 

 amount in pounds equal to the total weight of the team, what size of 

 rope would you use for your heaviest team? 



7. What is the largest rope that your team should be able to break by 

 a steady pull, according to the figures given in Table 49 ? 



S. How large a rope has this team actually broken by a jerk? Was it a 

 new rope or an old one? 



9. What is the weight of this team? 



10. What changes do you think should be made in the list of knots 

 that every farmer should know? 



