Take a look back into the history of ranching in the U.S. and what do you guess that historians peg as an early game-changer?
You got it. Barbed wire.
While many attributes of that time-honored and cowboy-cussed string of steel have changed, its original purpose is as necessary today as it was when the first patent for barbed wire was issued in 1867.
Here are some tips from a full-time fence builder on how to string steel so it lasts long enough for the next generation of cowboys to cuss it, too.
