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The invention of barbed wire ended the open ranging. Farmers, ranchers, and other frontiersmen took advantage of how cheap the new Fencing was, which made borders to where the cattle could graze.

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increase of homesteads with fenced boundaries

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The invention of barbed wire ended the open ranging. Farmers, ranchers, and other frontiersmen took advantage of how cheap the new Fencing was, which made borders to where the cattle could graze.

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increase of homesteads with fenced boundaries

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Q: Which development was most responsible for eliminating the open range of the western frontier?
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