Wouldn’t it be more economical to install it in straight lines? I am sure there is a good reason but searching for it turns up nothing.
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I’ve been to the barbed wire museum in Western Kansas. Cattle herds being shipped to markets nearby trampled anything in the way, including sometimes crops that settlers needed to survive. You can listen to Gunsmoke radio episodes for examples. Barbed wire was originally to keep people out, now it is mainly to keep animals in.
But like any new thing, there was a lot of experimentation for manufacturing and practical considerations. This museum has literally hundreds of examples of barbed wire and derivatives thereof.
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