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Did barbed wire fencing was a factor that helped make cattle drives profitabl?
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∙ 9y ago
Yes it did. Barbed wire closed the open range. People were Fencing off their land preventing cattle from getting by easily. Ranchers had to take long ways around the enclosed areas. And by 1887 and 1888 a harsh winter came in and cattle could not get around the fencing making them freeze to death in the middle of the night. It was a sad part of history, but people still use barbed wire today.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoBarbed wire fencing was not a factor that helped make cattle drives profitable. When a rancher fenced off his land, the people on the cattle drive had to have permission to cross the land. This might have made the cattle drive be detoured if the rancher did not cooperate, sometimes for more than 20 miles.
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∙ 11y agoAbsolutely not. Barbed wire divided the open range and made it harder to push cattle north to the markets. consider the first drives just after the civil war. the cattle had multiplied to mass numbers during the war. these animals having no ownership were caught and branded. the owner of the brand claiming ownership. In the east meat was scarce because of the war. low cost high profit..
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∙ 12y agoNo, not at all. Barbed wire was the factor that prevented making cattle drives profitable because they impeded the movements of cattle and open-range grazing of cattle.
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Why did Texas cattle drives end?
The quick easy answer is..The open plains were cut up by "Barbed Wire" Barbed wire put an end to the great Cattle drives of the old West and to a certain extent The Cowboy.
What ended cattle frontier out west?
Barbed-wire. When farmers started putting up barbed-wire fences, cattle drives couldn't get to the feilds forthe cows to graze.
What were 3 reasons the cattle drives ended?
1) Barbed wire 2) Rail heads were closer to the ranches 3) Not enough grass to feed cattle
What invention led to the demise of the cowboy?
Most would consider railroads as the decline of cattle drives, but more importantly barbed wire or "Devil's wire" and the advent of fencing off property was the culprit. People thought they needed it to protect their cattle or for farmers to protect their crops against free-roaming cattle, but it destroyed the concept of open ranges and the ability to graze cattle freely across an un-fenced landscape.
How did the cattle trails and the long drives change the cattle industry?
I don't think it was the cattle trails themselves that changed the industry, it was more or less the building of the railroads, more pioneers taking over the land, and barbed wire that changed the cattle industry as a whole.
What are the reasons the cattle drive ended?
Cattle drive came to an end because of the invention of the barbed wire and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Thousands of cattle also perished due to an outbreak of Texas Fever and the Great Winter of 1887-88, which also contributed to the end of the famous cattle drives of the Old West.
How did the cattle boom come to a end?
Cattle drives soon ended in the late 1800's to the early 1900's because of fierce winter storms, barbed wire, drought, overgrazing, and the near extinction of the population of Longhorns originating from Spain and developed in the wilds of southwestern America.
What action of farmers on the Plains helped end the Cattle Kingdom?
They put up fences. Cattle used to roam freely on the Great Plains. Later, farmers put up barbed wire fences in order to share the land and divide it. The fences ended the cattle drives that were an essential part of the Cattle Kingdom.
Why did you have cattle drives?
to get cattle to the market.
What is the plural of cattle drive?
Cattle drives
Cattle industry and cattle drives originate in?
The cattle industry originated in Ancient Egypt over 5000 years ago. Same with the cattle drives.
What caused the end to the cattle boom and cattle drives in the mid-1800's?
Actually that's when it all really began to take off, not when it ended. Cattle drives soon ended in the late 1800's to the early 1900's because of fierce winter storms, barbed wire, drought, overgrazing, and the near extinction of the population of Longhorns originating from Spain and developed in the wilds of southwestern America.
