TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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COST OF FENCES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, 5 



HISTORY OF THE FENCE AMONG ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE, 6 



FIELD SYSTEMS OF OTHER NATIONS CONTRASTED, 8 



COMMON LAW AND FENCE PRESCRIPTIONS, 10 



THE " LEGAL FENCE" IN THE SOUTH, 12 



SOUTHERN FENCE AND HERD LAWS, 14 



SOUTHERN RAILROADS AND FENCES, 15 



THE FENCE BURDEN, 16 



THE " No FENCE " LAWS IN THE SOUTH, 17 



THE FENCE REMEDY. WIRE AS A MATERIAL, 18 



HISTORY AND FEATURES OF BARB WIRE FENCING, 20 



ADAPTATION OF BARB FENCING TO THE SOUTH, 24 



THE NEW FARMING SYSTEM OF THE SOUTH, 24 



THE CENSUS BULLETIN OF 1880 25 



A VIEW of SOUTHERN SHEEP HUSBANDRY, 29 



RELATION OF WOOL GROWING TO THE COTTON CROP, 31 



BARB FENCE AND SHEEP-KILLING DOGS, 35 



RECAPITULATION OF FACTS, 37 



PRESS OF SNOW, WOODMAN & CO., WORCESTER, MASS. 



