old 1936 farmer's how-to booklet Rope on the Farm, knots, splices etc.

Old 1930s edition of the farmers handbook "Practical Uses of Rope on the Farm - Knots, Hitches Splices". This booklet is from an old farm estate. It is published by the University of Illinois - College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station" and is dated 1936 on the front cover.

This old how-to guide has 56 pages illustrated with lots of photos showing how to handle ropes, tie knots, weave splices etc. There is also a handy section on reducing wear to your rope from use with lubricants etc. and a table on the correct pulley size, safety load and breaking load for manila hemp rope.

This booklet has wear and some spotting / staining to the pages and soil / wrinkling to the cover from years in a farm library.