Fence laws vs. herd laws: a nineteenth-century Kansas paradox.

This study considers the conflict between farmers and cattle raisers over the fencing of animals and crops in Kansas during the 1870s. At that time. Kansas counties were given the option to retain the traditional fence laws (requiring crops to be fenced in) or to adopt the herd laws (requiring the r...

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Published in:	Land Economics Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 518 - 534
Main Authors:	Sanchez, Nicolas, Nugent, Jeffrey B.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press November 2000
Subjects:	Agriculture > History Animal industry laws Grazing rights Inclosures Range management Kansas
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