. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. FEEDING SlIKEi* Oi\ TUKMPS. 445 driven so tliat their tops may not be less llioii 4 icet liigh, along as many sides ')t" the inclosiire as are required at the place to form a complete fence. (10r)4.) A net is set in this manner: Being in a bundle, having been rolled up on the arms and fastened togolher by the spare ends of the top and bottom ropes, these are unloosened and tied to the stake that has been driven close to the fence, whatever
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. FEEDING SlIKEi* Oi\ TUKMPS. 445 driven so tliat their tops may not be less llioii 4 icet liigh, along as many sides ')t" the inclosiire as are required at the place to form a complete fence. (10r)4.) A net is set in this manner: Being in a bundle, having been rolled up on the arms and fastened togolher by the spare ends of the top and bottom ropes, these are unloosened and tied to the stake that has been driven close to the fence, whatever that may be, and then the net is run out in hand toward the right as far as it will extend in a loose manner', on the side of t!ie stakes facing the ground the sheep are to occupy. On coming to the next stake from the commencement, the bottom rope gets a turn to the left round the stake, and tlie top rope above it a similar turn round the same stake, so as to keep the leading coil of the rope upper- most. The bottom rope is then fastened with the shepherd's knot to the stake, 3 inches from the ground, and the top rope is fastened with a simi- lar knot near the top of the stake, stretching the net even and upward ; and in this way the net is fastened to one stake after another until the whole of it is set up, as it is called, care being taken to make the top of the net lun uniformly thi'oughout its entire length. (lOoo.) The shepherd's knot is made in this way : Let a, fig. 220, be the continuation of the rope which is fastened to the ^.^ 22^ first stake, then press the second stake with the hand toward a or the fastened end, and at the same time tighten the turn round the stake with the other hand by taking a hold of the loose end of the rope d, and <t moving it so as to cause it to pass under a at c, and screwing it round the stake to L, where the elastic force of the stake will secure it tight under a at b when the stake is let go. The bottom rope is fast- ened first, to k
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