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HOPS. 



tying the knot. The spring k serves to automatically set the 

 lever in position for looping a fresh string. All the user has 

 to do is to move the rod along to the next stock, loop on a 

 fresh length of string, raise the machine to the proper height, 

 pull the left cord i and let the slide drop, whilst an attendant 

 vpoman or child cuts the string off at the ball, passes the free 



Pig, 62. — Machine for tying hop- training strings to head wires. 



end to the tier, and fastens the lower end of the tied length 

 to the peg in the grqund. The work thus goes on without 

 interruption. 



With a very little practice a man can tie 1,500 to 2,000 

 strings per working day of ten hours. 



