Show Wire Fence 50 Years Old It was an Illinois farmer named Peter Sommer who first tried to tomake tomake to tomake make woven wire fence says the Keystone Steel Wire company That was 50 years ago He first tried stretching smooth wires between between between be be- tween posts and weaving in cross wires by hand That worked pretty I well but took too top long so he developed developed developed de de- de- de a machine Operated by two men and a boy some 10 rods of fence could be made in a day The fabric had small square open open- ings |