Barbed Wire Changed The Agricultural Industry

Barbed Wire Barbed Wire changed Agriculture in the United States of America. Barbed Wire made it easier to keep livestock in their fence. Barbed wire changed the Agriculture Industry forever. People did not realize how much of a difference barbed wire, would make for their lives. When Joseph Glidden, came up with the invention of barbed wire it made it easier to keep in cattle, and easier to mark property boundaries.

In the 1800s, it was hard to farm because of all the livestock free roaming, and eating the farmers crops. Also, all of the ranchers just let their cattle roam, and graze where they pleased. Joseph Glidden, a farmer in Dekalb, Illinois invented the barbed wire, when his wife started to get annoyed because the cows would get into

It helped people claim land, and made property lines much easier to mark. Also, it helped keep livestock in fences. So, now farmers could buy more livestock, and not have to worry about neighbors being angry that their livestock was in their yard. Also, farmers put barbed wire around their fields to mark the property lines, and it helped keep livestock from getting into other farmers fields. Now ranchers out west couldn’t just let their herds roam free on grass but had to build fence. Also, it was easier to keep everyone’s livestock separated because they were not altogether on the free range any more. Because of all the demand for barbed wire, Joseph’s business kept growing bigger because everyone was using barbed to mark their property. However, with more demand for wire, many other people started to make and sell barbed wire making it harder to sell it because they could sell it for a cheaper price. Then, Glidden sold out to his part of the business to Charles Washburn who formed the L.L. Ellwood and Washburn & Moen Company. The company faced, many struggles with people filing lawsuits against them because they did not think they had a correct patent. It kept getting harder and harder to make money and produce barbed wire with more and more competition. (“The Development and Rise of Barbed Wire”) and (“The Glidden Homestead”) The true invention of barbed wire truly changed the life of agriculture. It made the life of farming easier because there were visible property lines. Also it was easier to keep livestock in, and they would not damage the crops as easy. When Joseph Glidden came up with his design, he changed the whole world in agriculture. Now, there could be happier neighbors, and farmers without livestock everywhere on the loose. Barbed wire made a happier, and safer