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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 238139" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>That's what we do, although we are cussing the tape gates this year. Some of our polywire remains in place year 'round. We put up polytape at the gates 2 years ago and discover the wires are burning through at the knots on the tape. We're switching back over to polywire for the gates. We didn't find any difference in use of the tape for the cows over the polywire. </p><p>In every herd some cows are leaders. Polywire works best when those leaders trust you because I can open a fence anywhere and the leaders come through with the rest following.</p><p></p><p>I don't remember the picture on the mag but I'm betting it was dairy cows. Running beef cows with calves you won't keep a calf in with the wire that low, they will jump. With one wire about 28-30 inches the calves scoot under. We just call that creep grazing and don't worry about it. We do have 2-4 wires on the farm perimeter and some field perimeters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 238139, member: 1974"] That's what we do, although we are cussing the tape gates this year. Some of our polywire remains in place year 'round. We put up polytape at the gates 2 years ago and discover the wires are burning through at the knots on the tape. We're switching back over to polywire for the gates. We didn't find any difference in use of the tape for the cows over the polywire. In every herd some cows are leaders. Polywire works best when those leaders trust you because I can open a fence anywhere and the leaders come through with the rest following. I don't remember the picture on the mag but I'm betting it was dairy cows. Running beef cows with calves you won't keep a calf in with the wire that low, they will jump. With one wire about 28-30 inches the calves scoot under. We just call that creep grazing and don't worry about it. We do have 2-4 wires on the farm perimeter and some field perimeters. [/QUOTE]
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