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2. Electric fence - Wikipedia

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   An electric fence is a barrier that uses ... (particularly horses) is lower than with fences made of barbed wire or certain ... Portable fence energisers are made for ...

3. Agricultural fencing - Wikipedia

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   Electric fencing became widely available in the 1950s and has been widely used both for temporary fences and as a means to improve the security of fences made of other materials. It is most commonly made using lightweight steel wire (usually 14-17 gauge) attached to posts with insulators made of porcelain or plastic .

4. Horse management - Wikipedia

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   Chain link fence is occasionally seen, but horses can bend chain link almost as easily as a thinner-gauge wire, so the additional expense is often not justified by any gain over good-quality woven wire. [2] Electric fencing. Electric fence comes in many styles of wire, rope and webbing, and is particularly useful for internal division of ...

5. Bill Gallagher (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   In the 1930s, he discovered that electricity could be useful in confining animals when he made a triggering mechanism that made a car electrically active when a horse rubbed against it. By 1937, he had developed an electric fence for farmers, selling battery powered units [1] and being granted a patent. [2]

6. Hurdle - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, terms such as "panel", "pipe panel" or simply "fence section" are used to describe moveable sections of fencing intended for agricultural use and crowd control; "hurdle" refers primarily to fences used as jumping obstacles for steeplechasing with horses or human track and field competition.

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