Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1878 — A Seasonable Hint. [ARTICLE]

A Seasonable Hint.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin, reminding Jb readers that the next few weeks give the best season of the year to “ plant fences,” supplies some very remarkable figures as to the use of wire fence, and especially of the Barb Fence of the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company. Since the introduction of wire fence, twenty years ago, one hundred and fifty thousand miles of wire fence have been constructed. The Barb Fence has been before the public only three seasons, yet already twenty-four thousand miles of this fence are in use in this country and various parts of the world. It is in the highest favor with land owners, for farm and home protection against depredators of the crops and orchards. The fence is constructed of Galvanized Steel Wire, and carries steel barbs firmly attached by the process of manufacture patented in this country and very widely abroad. The Barb Fence is literally a steel thorn hedge with all the defensive qualities of the most perfect hedge, and all the durability of galvanized steel wire. It is cheap as a material, easy in construction, and has almost the life and tenacity of a stone wall. The Barb Fence Wire is being extensively used in single strands to perfect and give efficiency to walls and fences of old construction. It will turn the breachiest steer, and is as u teful in the home inclosjires as in the outlying fields.