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The range war between the farmers and the ranchers were conflicts over use of barbed wire fences?
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When did ranchers begin to use barbed wire?
1887
What was the effect of dry farming barbed wire and irrigation?
dry farming made farming easier because it shifted the focus from water dependent crops to non water dependent crops barbed wire made farming easier because farmers could make sure that the ranchers cattle didn't go on their land but bad for ranchers because the couldn't ranch like they were once able to .
What was An important factor in range wars was that?
Farmers used the invention of barbed wire to claim land
What caused the range wars?
Sometimes it was access to water, or pastures or markets. There were unbranded animals that had to be accounted for and there was the clash between sheepmen and cattlemen. Barbed wire fencing was not used on the open range only to keep your cattle in, but also to deny other people's livestock access to your water. Sodbusters were constantly trying to settle the open range, and needed to be kept at bay even if they had some fancy government document that claimed they had a right to squat on land that the cattle barons had been using for decades.
What is an important factor in range wars?
farmers used the invention of barbed wire to claim land...
What changed the relationship between ranchers and farmers?
barbed wire
What changed the relationship between cattle ranchers and farmers?
barbed wire
Why were there conflicts between farmers and cattlemen in the West during the 1800s?
Barbed wire The tick The johnson county war
What were the conflicts between farmers and cattle ranchers about?
I know after the invention of barbed wire in 1874 by Joseph Glidden the farmers and homesteaders fenced off their land, which closed off the open range and prevented any further cattle drives. I think it was always sort of a land issue, farmers wanted it to farm and ranchers wanted it to raise and drive cattle. It could also be a water issue, since in most areas water was kind of scarce.
What might have been a source of conflict between cattle ranchers and farmers who were attempting to settle on the frontier?
Barbed wire fences. Farmers used barbed wire to keep animals out, but this made it more difficult for the cowboys to free-range graze their cattle. The ranchers wanted more space to graze their cattle, yet the farmers wanted property lines so no animals could mar their fields and destroy their crops.
Why ranchers get angry about barbed wire?
This is an "OLD West" Question. Ranchers in the old west used the open range to feed their cattle. They would graze on open land year round. In the summer they would graze in the high country where it was cooler and in the winter they came down to the low country to graze. When farmers arrived in the territories they fenced off their land with Barbed Wire to keep the cattle out. This cut up the open land that the ranchers had always used. Farmers also brought Sheep. Sheep will eat grass down to the roots. Where cattle will not. This also killed off much of the grass land that the cattle needed. Farmers used Barbed wire to keep the cattle out. Cattle, being stupid, would often get caught in the wire, injuring themselves and often dieing from their wounds. Ranchers hated the new farmers and this led to Wars between ranchers and farmers in the Old West.
How did barbed wire change the economy?
Barbed wire played an essential role in the territorial expansion. It reduced the cost of enclosing land, and kept cattle contained. Barbed wire led to conflicts between farmers and ranchers when cattlemen began cutting the fences to allow cattle to pass through to find better grazing lands.
What invention made it possible for ranchers to contain their herds?
Barbed Wire.
When did ranchers begin to use barbed wire?
1887
What problems did ranchers face in the west?
Barbed wire
Was the disagreement between Cowboys and farmers?
The use of barbed wire fencing.
What brought a speedy end to the frontier?
farmers and ranchers took advantage of the land and put up barbed wire fences to limit were their cattle could graze which ended the open frontier
