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animal becomes entangled in it, he or she will not be 

 cut to jiblets. 



There are circumstances, of course, where barbed 

 wire is a necessity. Military camps need it. It also 

 serves as a very necessary deterrent on the tops of 

 orchard walls, garden walls, etc. In all such places, 

 however, the only damage it may cause is to a human 

 wrong-doer, and it is most unlikely ever to cause pain 

 or disfigurement to ordinary livestock. 



In such situations barbed wire is permissible, but as 

 ordinary fencing it should be vehemently condemned. 

 Since we got along very well without it while a war 

 was on it shouldn't be very difficult for our representa- 

 tives in the Dail and Senate to ensure that no more of 

 it be allowed into our farmsteads. Most of these men 

 are practical farmers and know the damage it can inflict 

 on livestock, and can easily estimate the aggregate loss 

 it entails annually on our national wealth. That item 

 alone should suffice, but there is another. Hunting 

 brings hundreds of thousands of pounds to this country 

 each season. 



But barbed wire kills hunting. 



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