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Barbed wire spelled a end to the period of ranching by open range- it permitted the construction of cheap fences.
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What is the invention that allowed farmers to fence cattle?
Barbed wire
Who invented the first barbed wire fence?
The barbed wire was invented by Joseph Glidden. The barbed wire was invented by Joseph Glidden.
What is the purpose of the barbed wire?
Barbed wire is strong wire with clusters of sharp spikes at intervals along it to prevent people from getting in or out of private property, such as a jail or a trench (from WW1 and WW2).
What was the purpose of barbed wire?
Barbed wire is a type of steel fencing wire with sharp edges. It was originally invented to restrain cattle. Currently, it is used as a deterrent for trespassing and unwanted intrusion.
How did Joseph glidden invent barbed wire?
popo he poped
What invention made it possible for ranchers to contain their herds?
Barbed Wire.
What contributed to the end of open-range cattle ranching in the mid-1880s?
The invention of barbed wire ended the open range
Which invention ended the open range?
the barbed wire
What invention ended the wide-open west?
barbed wire
What invention brought an end to the open range?
barbed wire
What 1874 invention contributed to the open range?
Barbed wire
Its invention ended the wide-open west?
barbed wire
What is the invention that allowed farmers to fence cattle?
Barbed wire
Which invention helped settlers on the Great Plains protect their private property?
barbed wire HoNk HoNk HoNk :O)
What invention helped farmers prevent cattlemen from driving their herds through farms?
The railroad and barbed wire fences.
What was the effect of the invention of barbed wire in the 1870s?
Because barbed wire effectively kept animals in, the landholding concepts of cattlemen and small settlers changed radically with the new power that barbed wire gave them.
Which invention meant the end of the long cattle drive?
barbed wire
