Deseret Evening News | 1904-10-08 | Page 10 | Grounding Barbed Wire

GROUNDING BARBED WIRE A letter from froll Krill says nays that thill an al unusual number of If livestock have beet been his by b lightning running I g barbed vira fences fence Twelve rw entile cattle were ere titus thus killed recently near they lucy stood with their heads against the wire l say tRY there Is Ia no 10 limit Hiatt tu to the amount of o electricity a II barbed wire ran Call rainy carry but that farmers cnn can pro pr vent refit this thili lathing killing of ot livestock by ground grounding ing In the UI wires frequently along the fence that is ta run rUP a wire connected with th the barbed wires wire Into Inlo the ground from foal the post at a distance of oC About feet feat Thue l wires wi will curry th electricity Into Inlo till this A charge ot of lightening striking ft Lt barbed wire will kill kIlt Anything touching wire even though the time fence bo be 20 SO miles long