Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1902 — STEEL FENCING GROWS FAST IN POPULARITY. [ARTICLE]

STEEL FENCING GROWS FAST IN POPULARITY.

Steel is the fencing material of the times. The old rail, stump and other wood fences are fast disappearing and the modern steel fences are replacing the old and obsolete styles, and are annually giving to the farmers thousands of acres of land on account of the saving in space occupied. When this saving of land is taken into consideration with the better protection to crops and stock, and the greater durability of steel as compared with wood, it becomes very apparent that the steel fencing, such as the American or Elwood syle, shown elsewhere in this issue. are by far the cheapest fences ever placed within the reach of the landowner. and the time is near at hand when the landscape will no logger be disfigured by the dilapidated rail and board fences. Farms fenced with steel fence such as above referred to are n-orth much more per acre on the market and pay . a much greater revenue per acre than where left open or Inclosed by fences of tne old and inferior type. A good steel fence is a paying Investment year after year, and. in fact, will pay for i;tself many times over within a few y< ars after erection.