Delta chief., 1884-01-30
FLAIN fACrS.
For the Consideration Of Farmers.
stock men. and all Consumers
of lBRriDed Wire.
THE GLIDpES WIRE.


1t is guaranteed all new ingot steel, main
wires and barbs and 20 to 30 per cent strong
er than scrap" steel or iron wire usually EN-
poyed.
Ii is guaranteed to be composed Of full No.
l2m ii II Tres, which gives 200 to 400 lbs.
more strength than fencing made from No.
III or 13 wires.
Ii is guaranteed to be lighter by to ozs.
per rod than any other barb fencing Of equal
size main wires and number of barbs per rod;
and the lightcst barb wire in the market when
full size main wire are used.
1t is guaranteed to have the greatest num-
Der of b;irbs per rods; hence, TO give better
protection. It has to IL more barbs per rod
Than others and yet it weighs less, a 1t takes
20 to 80 inches less material to make the Gid
den barbs per rod. The thick set has 81
barbs per rod, bards being only q ins. apart,
and makes a perfect hog tigh, fence.
1t is guaranteed to have the shortest, light
est, sharpcst, strongest and most eiiectual
barb.
1t is guaranteed that the Gldden barb can
not be displaced or removed short of cutting
it oil.
1t is guaranteed to remain taut and accom-
modate itself to various changes of tcmpcra-
ture better than others, because main wires
are not bound together by the barbs and be-
cause it is more evenly twisted.
1t is guaranteed 81 to s. per hundred cheap
er than any other barb fencing made from
full-sized main wires, barbs same distance
apart.
II is guaranteed to be more evenly twisted
thus giving full strength to both wires, and to
be most perfectly made on most approved ma
chnery.
1t is guaranteed to give most weight in main
strands with least weight in barbs
1t is guaranteed that point barbs are not
not as effective, being n long distance apart
and points "bunched up" presenting them
selves in pairs; and that il full sized main
wires used will cost 81 to 80 per 100 rods
more than the Glidden. One hundred lbs. of
Glidden will make 10 to 20 rods more fence
than such heavy 4-point wire, being same
size
1t is guaranteed our paint increases the
value of our fencing 81 per 100 lbs. over any
other kind 1t is made from pure iron ore,
pure linseed oil and drier, ground and pre-
pared by ourselves at cost four times greater
than that used by other manufacturers and II
will last ten times as long 1t is fire and rust
proof.
1t is guaranteed that our galvanized wire is
the best in the market, the manufacturers of
it being the exclusive owners and users in the
United S''ates of the English patent process
for galvanizing.
1t is guaranteed that this process increases
the strength III per cent or 200 ibs.-break-
ing strength. 1t is So per 100 lbs. better than
any other galvanized wire made in this coun-
try.
1t ~ guaranteed that thcre ls more 1lluucn
wire made, sold and used than all others com
bined.
1t is guaranteed that we sell 100 railroad
companies and that they are using more Gid.
den than all other wires combined.
1t is guaranteed that 90 out Of 100 farmers
who have tried different wires prefer the Gid:
den.
1t is guaranteed that many INSCRIPTIONS
dealers, owing TO the popularity of the Gid
den, palm off other inferior wires by calling
it "Glidden," "improved Glidden," etc.
1t is guaranteed that all manufacturers and
vendors of other wires make common cause
against the popularity Of tho Glidden, but
without avail.
II Is guaranteed that the Gliddcn Is the
lightest strongest, safest most effective, and
every way the best barb wire mnde, and that
where it has been thoroughly tested it readily
commands 81 to SO per 100 lbs. more than any
other.
II Is worth the while of all persons about
to use barb fencing to consider the guarantees
TO investigate our claims and to test our wire.
After so doing you will buy and use the old
reliable Glidden steel barb wire.