AlB-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, May 10,1986
“You can learn about building *
fences by reading, but experience
is the best teacher”, remarked
John Sengle of Centre county,
Penn State graduate and part-time
livestock producer. John recently
attended a high tensile fence
workshop at Penn State’s Cir
clevilleFarm.
Farmers know the value of a
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the rising cost of raising livestock
these days, farmers need to find
cost effective fencing systems.
During two different day-long
workshops, students and local
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livestock producers installed two
contrasting high tensile fencing
systems.
Kiwi Fencing Systems co
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was represented by John Wall.
John is originally from New
Zealand and is known as the person
most responsible for introducing
the concept of high tensile fence to
this country. With more than 15
years of experience with fencing
systems, John provided the in
formation and coordinated the
hands-on experiences everyone
was looking for.
Co-sponsoring
Staff Changes Listed by Dairy Board
Rollins College (Winter Park,
Florida) with a B.S. degree in
Business Administration and
Economics. He earned his MBA
from the University of Central
Florida.
Marlin C. Harmon, Ph.D. was
promoted to Vice President of
Product Research and Develop
ment. He will supervise the
Board’s efforts in dairy product
research and development in
cluding the implementation of the
“Dairy Research Centers” con
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throughout the nation.
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1985. Prior to joining the Board,
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acre grain operation in Centre
Hall, Centre county and also sells
and builds high tensile fence. Even
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The workshops were organized
to give the students and local
livestock producers a chance to
evaluate two popular fencing
systems for their own use.
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He earned his Ph>D. in food
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high elastic limit with greater
breaking strength than barb wire.
It’s also very versital. The spacing
of the horizontal high tensile wire
can be modified in a variety of
ways to satisfy specific fencing
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itself wonderfully to electric
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mers can use small fence posts and
extend the spacing between major
posts which can mean a con
siderable cost savings.
Dave Myers, ag science major
and livestock coordinator at the
student farm, was introduced to
high tensile fence roughly two
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Pennsylvania State University.
Debra Dillon will assume in
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years ago. He says, “high tensile
wire is much easier to work with
than conventional barb wire and
requires less maintenance. Also, it
figures out to be a cheaper in
vestment in the long run.”
The workshops were also
designed to provide practical fence
building experience. “My wife and
I plan to install 6000-7000 feet of
high tensile wire this spring and we
feel both systems have features
we’d like to incorporate”, says
JohnSengle.
John is getting out with 25 ewes
this spring and is developing a
rotational grazing system on his
farm in Julian. “Thanks to both
workshops, I have a better feel for
how to install high tensile fence,
I’ve saved myself some money
already”, remarks John.
The Circleville Farm is a student
demonstration farm sponsored in
part by the College of Agriculture,
The Pennsylvania Legislature and
the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
“It’s the ideal place for practical
workshops in farming”, says Bill
Kruesi, Circleville Farm manager.
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