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_____ invented the most successful type of barbed-wire.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
In 1884 the Texas legislature passed a law that made _____ a felony.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
The 3 million acres of the _____ came from a grant from the state of Texas to the ranch's owners in exchange for their financing of a new state capitol building in Austin.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
Texas sheep rancher _____ was a pioneer in raising sheep for their wool and is regarded by some as the father of the Texas sheep industry.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
_____ paid careful attention to cattle breeding and improved his herds, making his beef cattle some of the best in the United States.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
Thousands of cattle died due to _____ during the winters of 1885 and 1887.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
Before _____ became available, animals had to be shipped live to slaughter houses and those slaughterhouses had to be near markets in order to avoid the meat spoiling.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
While many ranchers of the 1800s grazed their cattle on the open range, Richard King and _____ were among the first ranchers to fence their land.
drift fences
fence cutting
XIT Ranch
George Wilkins Kendall
Joseph Glidden
refrigeration
Charles Goodnight
Mifflin Kenedy
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