Wednesday, November 2, 2011

A Farmer's Insulator.........


The white insulator attached to the pole is ceramic and usually is used to support wires for an electric fence. A frequent jolt of charge would scare the animal back and they would respect the wire even when it wasn't actually working.  It was a quick solution for my dad to install an electric wire for a fence that was being ineffective to keep the cattle from getting into the corn field.

2 comments:

claude said...

Very old fence, Larry. I love this photo.

Far Side of Fifty said...

I like this photo too..very nice:)

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