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TIIK FARMERS HANDBOOK. 



advantage to have ;i knob on the end of the rope, when si Turk's cap or wall 



knot is the most satisfac- 

 tory. If, on the other 

 hand, only a moderate 

 thickness is wanted, the 

 "crown" is made, and 

 the strands spliced hack 

 two or three times, 

 tapering if necessary. 



The Turk's cap or wall 

 knot is shown in Fig. 10. 

 The strands are laid 

 hack, and each takes a 

 turn around its neigh- 

 hour. The third strand , 

 after taking a turn 

 around the second, is 

 inserted upwards 

 through the loop made 

 by the first strand, and 

 all three are pulled taut. 

 The ends can be cut off, 

 but half an inch or 

 more should always be 

 left to flay out, and thus 



materially assist in preventing the knot from becoming undone. 



For general purposes this is sufficient, but to make it more secure a crown 

 is placed on the top by crossing the strands one over another as in Fig. 11, 

 and hauling taut. The three strands are now all pointing downwards, and 

 to make one of the most efficacious ends to a rope, these can be spliced back. 

 The result is a large knob on the end, and to avoid this an excellent plan is 

 to make only the crown, as shown in Fig. 11. 



Fig. 11. — The Wall Knot below and the crown above, showing 

 position of the three strands before hauling taut. 



Fig. 12.— The crown made by itself, and the strands spliced back a short distance down the rope 



(not tapered). 



By itself, the crown will not last, and the strands must be spliced back. 

 (Fig. 12.) For convenience they should be tapered while being spliced, as 

 this precaution will be found of very material assistance when drawing the 

 end out of tight loops in undoing knots. All plough reins and h alters 

 .should either be lashed, or finished off in this way- 



