BARBED WIRE FENCES
A corresp ndent In an A merle jn f ape writes tbat a reaction has set m agaiuet the barbed wire fence, tbe m_iufaot.ure of which has grown to be cne of the greatest industries of the conntry. The reason of the reaction is the discovery by the farmers that m substituting the i wire for the old fashioned fences and hedges thny hay t driven away the myriads of little birds whioh used to eat up t^e wiinn and similar pasta bo destructive of tho fa'mer'a crops. Thete birds need tho shelter and cover of the JNed^es which formerly separated the tilled fields. Kven if tho fence waa of wood, a thick growth of sedge or long grass grow up at Its base, which made a relrea for tin birdn. But with the clean, mathematical division made by the barbed wire tho Bode bee >me ac smoo'h. as a tennia lawn, and fie unsheltered birda are forced to migrate. In their absence the worms thrive, and they become legion The cabbage worm has completely destroyed the crop of a whole season on Long I dand.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1642, 22 August 1887, Page 3
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189BARBED WIRE FENCES Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1642, 22 August 1887, Page 3
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