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SandyEggoJake

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Re: The adv N ture begins
« Reply #60 on: August 07, 2015, 06:44:13 PM »
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I like how you've limited flowers to the outside of the fence.  Cows are great at mowing down a pastures.  Even getting on their knees to duck under where its greener.

But... umm... maybe it just the old dairy farmer in me, but your fence needs some help! 

Either you need to extend the fence parallel to the track off the right of way (more common). 

Or a cattle guard across the rail with the fence continuing on the other side.  (Fairly easy to scratch build, but N scale kits do coming up from time to time)  And least you think they still don't exist across rail tracks, we spied several just outside of Sacramento while attending this year's NSE convention.    https://www.google.com/maps/@38.34349,-120.878628,3a,75y,220.12h,84.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0B8SiEvoWKFhyzrkP0o1Uw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656  Saw several types in this area, including what seemed a brand new sow ear type in pipe, painted bright white.

If neither of the above, at least stick an errant cow w/ calf out near the road - likely eating at the road edge!   

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Re: The adv N ture begins
« Reply #61 on: August 07, 2015, 06:51:45 PM »
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Re: The adv N ture begins
« Reply #62 on: August 08, 2015, 03:08:25 AM »
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The "sow's ear" style is the only kind I remember from the Northwest in the 60s and 70s. 

Some farmers didn't use them, though, as apparently Northwest cows aren't the brightest.  They'd just run the fence up to the road, and paint parallel white lines across the pavement.  It seems that the cows didn't care if there were really holes between the "bars" or not, they wouldn't risk it.
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