. Prairie Farmer's directory of Stephenson County, Illinois. ,^j,s^^<»«****^^^/3 Pig-. 4. In Iiaying- In the New Strand the Original Twist and Tension Must Be Maintained. Fig-. 5. The New Strand Has Been Iiaid In Beady to he Secured at the Bnds. place of the broken strand as shownin Figs. 3 and 4, great caution beingtaken to give the new strand its orig-inal twist and to draw it sufficiently-tight, so that the old and new strandswill have the same tension when theload is applied. We now have ,tneends, as shown in Fig. 5. With eachpair of ends, tie a simple knot, asshown in the upper rope in
. Prairie Farmer's directory of Stephenson County, Illinois. ,^j,s^^<»«****^^^/3 Pig-. 4. In Iiaying- In the New Strand the Original Twist and Tension Must Be Maintained. Fig-. 5. The New Strand Has Been Iiaid In Beady to he Secured at the Bnds. place of the broken strand as shownin Figs. 3 and 4, great caution beingtaken to give the new strand its orig-inal twist and to draw it sufficiently-tight, so that the old and new strandswill have the same tension when theload is applied. We now have ,tneends, as shown in Fig. 5. With eachpair of ends, tie a simple knot, asshown in the upper rope in Fig. 6,caution being taken to avoid tyingthe knot shown in the lower half ofthe same picture. Pull the knots welldown into the lay of the rope. Nowweave each end in, always workingfrom right to left in weaving, or atright angles to the twist or each end under the two strands, laying next to the knot aswith ends B and D in Fig. 7. Workthe ends in a second time and thencut them ofif, leaving about a quarterof an inch extending out of the rope,as shown in Fig. 8. This completesthe repairing of a broken strand. Therope will be stronger than its pre-vious dan
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