What invention farmers prevent cattlemen from driving their herds through farms?
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windmill
barbed wire
split-rail fencing

Farmers couldn't fence their whole lands at first. It was too pricey and time consuming. Also, farmers, at first, had no reason to fence their lands until the cattle started running over it.

It was when the barbed wire was invented that things changed.

Fencing became much cheaper with barbed wire than with wood and since the cattle could be hurt and even get stuck in the fences, but for sure not go through, it solved the problems of the farmers.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals

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