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AMKRIOAINT AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
shall indirectly be advantageous to this or that one. 
Barbed Fences.—Various Forms. 
For the reasons stated in our last issue, the plain 
wire fences are unsatisfactory—something better is 
desired and absolutely needed. If we had not 
abundant proof of this in the general past expert 
ence, the immeuse sales of various forms of barbed 
fences now taking place is sufficient. Instead of 
the 60,000 miles reported last month, we may safely 
say there are a hundred thousand miles of such 
fence already manufactured and up in this country. 
What is the Best Barbed Fence, now 
obtainable, all things considered, is the practi¬ 
cal question. To ascertain this point is the main 
object of the articles we propose to give. We 
thought we had found it, or were coming to it, last 
month, and we still think we have found, or helped 
devise the best form for many circumstances. But 
further investigation, and a variety of information 
from several sources within a month past, compels 
us to go farther into the subject, and to call in tlio 
united aid and wisdom of practical men among our 
readers. A very large number of patents have 
been issued for various forms and modifications of 
barbed fences. In the illustrations herewith, we 
present a few of the leading forms, such as ,we 
have samples of. The engraviugs, carefully drawn 
from the samples, give the exact size, appearance, 
and construction of the different forms. For want 
of space, time, and for fuller investigation, we de¬ 
fer a further description of the peculiarities of 
these several forms to further papers on the subject. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME OF THE FORMS OF “BARBED FENCE.” 
The Illustrations here given are introduced to show some of the various forms of Barbed fence, most of which are now in use, and several of which are 
now being very largely made and sold. These are all the forms of which we have so far obtained samples. We have seen engravings of half a dozen others, 
and heard of still more. We will show others, not here given, as we obtain samples. The names and the manufacturers of all these Varieties we have not yet 
ascertained. The description of the several kinds, their merits and demerits, wo leave for further discussion, as intimated above. We begin in No. 1 with 
the single wire, and advance to the more complicated kinds, some of which are very ingenious. They are all made by machinery, we believe. 
No. 1.— Made by a Blacksmith in Iowa, in 1860, the first barb wire made, and all others have grown out of this. It is simply a horse-shoe nail bent 
around the main wire, and hold in place by winding a small wire upon it.No. 3.—The Cleveland Barbed Wire.No. it. —Name and manufacturer un¬ 
known to us.No. 41.—The Kelly Steel Barbed Wire.No. 5. —The Chicago Barbed Wire.No. 6. —The Two-barbed Fence Wire. We have seen the 
same form of Barb applied to 6ingle larger wire.No. 7. —The Sterling Barbed Wire.No. 8.—The Bronson Barbed Wire.No. ©.—Glidden Patent 
Steel Barbed Fencing.No. 9 O. —Three-pointed, Stone City Steel Barbed Wire.No. 11.— Steel Barbed CablcFence (Frentress’ & Scutt’6 patents) . 
No. 13. —Spiral Steel Barbed Cable Fence (Watkins’ patent).No. 13. —Quadrate Barbed Fence.No. 14. —Iowa 4-Pointed Barbed Steel Wire (Burnell’s 
patent).No. 15. —The Lyman Mfg. Co. Barbed Fence.No. 16. —Allis’ patent..No. 17. —American Barbed Wire Fence.No. 18. —Brinkerhoff 
Steel Strap and Barb.No. 19.— Same as No. 18, but with much blunter points, inclined on both sides. (Two barbs are introduced to show both sides. 
These barbs, in use, are set 5 inches apart on the strap. In most of the forms above illustrated the barbs are usually set about 6 inches apart). 
No. 30.— A section of No. 19 shown as twisted in putting up.No. 31.— This is the form first referred to in our “ Notes by the Way,” and spoken of 
last month as involving too much waste in cutting out the strip between the barbs. We sketch this from memory, having loaned the piece brought home. 
