, 1881-04-06

slower people outside this city.
THE BAaDED-W1RE MONOPOLY.
Perhaps no device discovered or utilized
snco those Of the rcaplng-macl,no asId tic
cuttoll.gin 1,as been Ut such ynluu to the
American people as tlle production OF wire
at!nptcd to fences, aud SO provided with
barbs, thOrns, or prfekers rs to successfully
exclude livu stock fton, fields, or wlcn III to
Keep them IN. The cottotl-g1n was appttcn-
bic only to n single crop, nll1 tic reaper was
also limited to grgill, but tho barbcd-wlrn
fuliccs arc useful to every foot 0f inclosed
lnnd In tllo United States, and TO every rln,,
inllnbiti1lg n reglnn where horse, cow
sllcol,, hog, or other animal Is produced ntld
grown. It Is useful where ike stock rouln
to keep tlloin out Of cultivated fields, md
rs useful when they arc hcrtcd III
keeping them i'll their allotted range.
Thu itcin Of fcl3cing Is MI important
one In every scnsp to tic American farMer,
md more especially to those inhnbiting the
timberlcss plains wrst mil northwest Of tho
Ohio River and from .he Mississippi Itiyer to
the lslo Gra,ide. Tic cost IL ollu OF immense
magnitude. rho destruction Ut tho pine
forests by fire anil to. meet The demand for
! llaa5 ~ 1hPAA43 EAt%tl9tG" I'LL Sf'fHtS
| That tho cost Ut fencing Is In excess Ut
tle ability Of landowners to do my fonc-
lIlg. Thu living hedge llas not proved II
| SUCCESS. All other fences havc ,ilcaslrnbly
failed, especially, 10 meet tile Immense tic"
n,uall. Tile bari,etl fence ut lust WIS forrl
to meet tic public want. 1t Is impossible to
estimate the immensely Ut the fencing needed
til thEs country.
|
Tho original cost ut tho cellar posts md tic
lumber for fc,ictlsg WIS very great, and this
Gust was continuous one. 1t rcualrc.t con
| slant attention untl labor to keep II In any
serylcenblu condition, ulld 1t was subject to
I'LL lllnlI1pr OF accidents. II required tlircu
cedar posts to tho one post required for the
| wro fence. 1t WIS easily br0kci,, easily
pushed oyer, Its great weight rendered. the
pasts insecure, aliu the whole WIS e,lsiiy
throw, down by tic cattle. 1t seen!cll IL
catell the snow In such drifts, TINT the
stork were nblc to walk upon these
drifts over tho fence, Altogether II
post md b0artl fence, even nftcr Its
orIglnnl llenyy cost, WIS n perpctunl cost
of money nild labor to kucp It III my sort Of
safe condition. Tho bnrb-wlre fence IL much
preferable. 1t requires two-tlIrds lcss posts.
Is comparatively lighter, Is hot thrown
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