Show Knots and Hitches f NE of the most important things In farm work is to know how to use ropes properly. prop-erly. The following Illustrations indicate how various knots may be tied quickly and hafely: No. 2 Is a timber hitch. The greater thi strain put upon it tho tighter It will hold. No. S. This is an endless loop utilizci whero great power Is required. No. I is a close hitch No. 5 shots s how to secure a ropo so that it will not slip when .strain is put upon it. No. 6. This hitch Is very useful when I I hick rop is made fast to a ring. No. 7 may be used in n variety of way but chiefly in making one rope fa.-it to another anoth-er that Is held tight. |