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ENGINEERING ON THE FARM 



3. Select the pairs as shown in Figure 63. 



4. Twist two pairs together as shown at A and B in 



Figure 70. 



5. Observing 



the cautions 



given below, 



remove the 



right - hand 



string and start 



the splicing by 



unlaying 



strand C and 



laying D in its place as shown 



in Figure 71. Continue this 



process until you have left 



only enough of strand D to 



reach a little more than four 



turns as shown in Figure 7 2 . 



Then half hitch D around the 



rope so as to hold itself and 



C from untwisting, as shown 



in Figure 73. 



C and D are on the left of 



Fig. 72 



Fig. 73 



Figure 73. The rope is usually 

 turned, as it is easier to work 

 toward the right hand ; or else 

 the workman gets on the op- 

 posite side of the rope. 



Be sure that the ends of 

 the ropes are forced closely 

 together when you begin splic- 

 ing . B e sure to keep the strand 

 you are relaying, as D in Fig- 

 ure 71, twisted very tightly. 

 As you unlay one strand, as C in Figure 71, relay the other 

 in its place immediately; that is, keep them close together. 



Fig. 74 



