The FARMER'S Loop is shown by Professor Howard W. Riley in a Cornell reading course pam hlet of 1912, which is devoted to knots employed on the farm. The not is a good one on all three counts-lead, security, and strength. Moreover, the method of tying it is both ingenious and distinctive, and, once mastered, it is not apt to be forgotten. To tie: Take three tums around the left arm or hand, according to the size of the material being used. Move the center tum to the outside three times, as indic