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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.

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