Development History of Barbed Wire Mesh

　　Development History of Barbed Wire Mesh

　　Around the middle of the nineteenth century, most farmers in the United States began to reclaim wasteland, moving westward to the plains and southwestern borders, respectively. Because of the migration of agriculture, farmers are more aware of changing the environment, which marks a gradual shift from woodland in the eastern region to a more arid grassland climate in the western region. Because of the differences in temperature and geographical location, the plants and habits of the two places are also very different. Before the land was uncultivated, because there were stones everywhere and water shortage. When agriculture migrated, because of the lack of local agricultural tools and corresponding agricultural technology, there was no owner in many places. For new planting environments, farmers have begun to set up barbed-rope fences in their planting areas in order to accommodate many people.

　　Because of the migration from east to west, the vast majority of people have been provided with raw materials. They have built stone walls from the original east. In the process of migration to the west, many tall trees, wooden fences and raw materials have been found. At that time, cheap labor made construction easy, but in the most Western part, because of the stones followed. Trees are not so abundant and fencing is not so extensive.

　　Due to the lack of materials, people's traditional idea that the fence can play a protective role in the early stage of wasteland development, and that their own borders can not be destroyed by other external forces and trampled by animals, so the protection consciousness is very strong.

　　Because of the lack of wood and stone, people are constantly looking for alternatives to use in the most fenced areas to protect their crops. From the early 1860's to 1870's, people began to cultivate plants with thorns as a wall, but the effect was very little because of the scarcity of plants and the high price, construction was more inconvenient and thus abandoned. The lack of fences has made the process of opening up wasteland less smooth. It wasn't until 1873 that a new study changed their predicament. Dikabour, Illinois, invented the idea of using barbed wire to defend their land. From this point on, the thorn rope has just entered the process of history.