Patent Steel Barb Wire Fencing. 



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These marked features, constituting 

 special adaptedness to Southern needs 

 of fencing, are more fully to be discussed 

 on succeeding pages, but 

 it may be said here that 

 whether for the large land 

 owner, with whom a large 

 percentage of saving in a 

 great outlay for fencing large 

 tracts, is a prime consideration ; 

 or whether for the small farmer or 

 tenant who must 

 needs fence 'eco- 

 nomically or go 

 without fencing, 



Barb Wire meets all requisitions as no 

 other fence material can do. The few acres 

 or the small garden can, at very little ex- 

 pense, be made proof against all trespassers, 

 man or beast, and where desired, it can be 

 put up by the purchaser without any other 

 tools and appliances than the humblest home 

 can easily supply. 



FIFTH. It is IMPERISHABLE. Within the 

 past few years, since the introduction of the 

 Bessemer process, steel has largely taken 

 the place of iron in wire for common uses. 

 Steel Barb Wire Fencing is strong, and 

 makes a staunch fence. It is protected from 

 the action of the elements by galvanizing. Thus constructed, it cannot be 

 destroyed by Fire, Wind or Flood, all of1:hese widely recognized as destruc- 

 tive agencies, dreaded by land owners and railroad companies. The sweeping 

 fire leaves the Barb Fence unharmed, for in many instances the fire in light 

 grass or rubbish does not burn long enough to destroy the posts, and the Barb 

 Fence has no other material to feed it. In many cases where the wood fence 

 is strong enough to withstand cattle, it offers a bulk to winds that prostrate 

 it. This has been a serious trouble in open regions. Barb Fencing presents 

 nothing to be affected by the most furious gale. There are numerous loca- 

 tions in bottom lands where the farmer must forego a fence, or replace it every 

 season after the flood and freshet have done their work. Hundreds of miles 

 of Barb Fencing have been built in bottom lands, that have stood unimpaired 

 by overflows. 



SIXTH. IT is THE CHEAPEST EFFICIENT FENCE IN USE. We commenced 

 this discussion with the official statement of the average cost of fencing in the 

 Southern States. In some of them, especially in the Southwest where timber 

 is scarce, it is absolutely impossible for the farmer to fence well, and meet the 

 heavy cost of transporting lumber from a distance. And when the fence of 

 lumber is erected and in place, it is as has already been stated, a serious con- 

 sideration, how often the fence, or large portions of it, may require renewal in 

 destmction by fire or prostrating winds. These are all parts of the question 

 of the cost of fencing. But we are here to make a fair comparison of the 

 original cost of various kinds of fencing. We have only brought into the 

 comparison Barb Fences of three or four strands, of the staunchest construction. 

 Thousands of miles of Barb Fencing are in use in all parts of the United 

 States, where a single strand of Barb Wire is fastened directly upon trees, at 

 a cost of a little more than twelve cents a rod, yet serving as an effective fence 

 for the pastures of large animals. 



THE WARREN STRETCHER. 



