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What types of material are available for a new security fence?
Some materials that are available for a new security fence include Steel, Chain-link and Aluminum. You can order security fence materials online from the Hoover Fence website.
What type of welding is used in fence manufacturing?
Resistance welding plants are used in fence manufacturing.
A Farmer claims the the high-voltage transmission lines running parallel to his fence induces dangerously high voltages on the fence Is this within the realm of possibility?
Yes, this is in the realm of possibility and in fact happens. It will not be a dangerously high voltage induced into the fence but you will be able to feel it. Proper grounding of the fence will eliminate the condition.
How to sketch the circuit diagram of Solar electric fence for animals?
wire diagram and list of parts for Solar electric fence
Is it difficult to install a chain link fence?
I'd like to install a chain link fence around my property. Are they difficult to install?
Why didn't the cattle drivers and farmers get along?
Farmers wanted to plow the land to sow their crops in, and had to fence off their property against unwanted guests like cattle. The cattle drivers, on other hand, wanted a fence-free country to move their herd of cattle across so they didn't have to make detours around all these fenced property. Sometimes they didn't even bother going around the fenced areas, but simply through them, ruining the farmer's hard work. This lead to confrontations between farmers and the cattle drivers.
What do farmers do when they are not watching their cattle?
Cattle don't need to be watched, unlike sheep and chickens do. Cattle can look after themselves enough that the farmer doesn't need to watch them all that often. Other things on the farm or ranch can be attended to, like haying, fixing fence, doing repairs on machinery, etc. The only "Cattle" Farmers are called Dairy Farmers and they are either milking, feeding, breeding, or doctoring the Dairy Cattle, usually when you speak of cattle it is beef cattle.
What invention helped farmers prevent cattlemen from driving their herds through farms?
The railroad and barbed wire fences.
What impact did barbed wire have?
The widespread use of barbed wires brought an end to open range grazing, and made possible the settlement of the frontier by small farmers. The wire stopped cattle owners from letting their cattle graze on new farmland, as cattle could not break the wire. Since it was cheap, even small farmers could fence their fields and keep the cattle from grazing on their fields.
How did Western farmers use invention technology and innovation to meet the challenges of Western settlement?
The invention of barbed wire by Joseph Glidden in 1874 helped farmers to fence in their lands on the lumber-scarce plains. Using mail-order windmills to drill deep wells provided some water.
How to make a wire fence for cattle?
What type of wire fence for cattle? Barbed wire? Temporary hot-wire? Hi-tensile wire? As you can see, there's more than one type of wire fence to build for cattle.
Should you see a fence on the compass when your near the cattle ranch?
You should never see a fence on a compass.
What was the special wire called to fence in cattle?
Barbed wire.
What did the most to bring the open plains to an end?
The invention that contributed the most to the end of open plains was barbed wire. Farmers and settlers used barbed wire to fence in their herds and create property boundaries.
What conflicts developed on the open range?
Cattle ranchers vs Sheep herders since sheep make water holes unpotable for cattle, Farmers vs Cattle ranchers since farmers want to fence in crops and cattle need an open range, Bankers vs debtors bankers have the cash and debtors have assets but very uneven cash flow. Native Americans vs new comers since they had different ideas about land ownership. Mormons vs everyone else.
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.
Do ranchers have to fence in grazing cattle in Montana?
Yes, it's against the law if you don't have your cattle fenced in on your property.
