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The modern cattle grid for roads used by automobiles is said to have been independently invented a number of times on the Great Plains of the United States around — Before that period, a similar device for railroads was in use at least as early as ; a stone stile was used in Britain as far back as pre-Roman times. Cattle grids are usually installed on roads where they cross a fencelineoften at a boundary between public and private lands. They are an alternative to the erection of gates that would need to be opened and closed when a vehicle passes, and are common where roads cross open moorlandrangeland or common land maintained by grazingbut where segregation of fields is impractical. Cattle grids are also used when otherwise unfenced railways cross a fenceline. Cattle grids are common worldwide and are widespread in places such as Australiathe Scottish Highlandsor the National Parks Stop That Cow England and Wales. They are also common throughout the Western United States and Canada. In the United States, they are often used on Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land, but are also used on paved roads and entry and exit ramps of the Interstate Highway System in rural areas. Almost all cattle grids are built around a grid. Most include a pit dug along a fence line, a base for the grid to rest on, and wings to connect the guard to the fence. Since many guards were or are home-made and to some degree idiosyncratica wide variety of designs exist. Designs may vary with local conditions. Materials used for construction of a cattle grid depend partly on the weight it must bear. The size of the bars varied from 1. Stop That Cow grids, as they are called in Great BritainIrelandand South Africaare known by a wide variety of other names in other parts of the world. In the United States, they are cattle guards. Mata burro "donkey killer" is the preferred name in Brazil and Venezuelawhile guarda ganado "cattle keeper" is what they are called in Argentina. Alternatives in the United States Stop That Cow car crossing, auto gate, corduroy gate, stock gap, cattle pass, run-over, and many others. Canadians use pit gate, vehicle pass, and Texas gate, as well as cattle guard, which in Canada refers mainly to guards at railway lines. Cattle grids made entirely or mostly of concrete have existed since the s. Stop That Cow manuals include schematic drawings as well as accompanying instructions. Painted lines on the road can serve as skeuomorphs of cattle grids. Stop That Cow light-dark pattern of lines on pavement resembles a true cattle grid to animals, and by association think they will not be able to Stop That Cow. Using a virtual cattle grid is initially cheaper than a true cattle grid, [11] but the cost of periodic re-painting may eventually exceed the initial cost of Stop That Cow well-built metal guard. Why they work is unclear, but it is most likely related to their visual system. 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Stop That Cow addition, some low-riding vehicles can catch the wires and tear them out. James Hoy in The Cattle Guard discusses four kinds of electric guards. One that was patented in Illinois in and another invented in New Zealand in are similar; each resemble "something like the framework of an old-fashioned metal bed" connected to a battery or high-powered fence charger. They are easy to drive across, but may pose a danger to children or animals that get stuck in the guard. The invention proved highly effective in deterring all animals, including dogs, and it was maintenance free, easy to drive over, and safe. However, the company that acquired the manufacturing rights stopped production in The wire sections are then connected to an electric fence or to a separate charger, either conventional or solar-powered. While cattle grids are most effective on cattle, they can be used to exclude deer and elk. A cattle grid requiring a horizontal leap of 14 feet 4. While these barriers are usually effective for cattle, [23] they can fail due to ingenious animals. Sheep searching for food have been known to jump across grids, step carefully into the spaces [24] or run along the side of grids as wide as 8 feet 2. Wider grids are used where wildlife is to be contained. In areas with heavy snowfall and long periods without a thaw, snow can accumulate beneath a grid and allow animals to walk across. Horses are particularly vulnerable to cattle grid injuries, as their single-toed Stop That Cow can slip between the bars and trap their legs in an easily broken position. Cattle grids are generally useless for Stop That Cow goats. Patent A on January 15,to William J. Hickey, Reno, Nevada, for a cattle grid. There is a British Standard for cattle grids: Stop That Cow From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For a device commonly referred to as a "cow catcher", see Stop That Cow locomotive. Livestock behind cattle grid on dirt road near GalongAustralia. Play media. Popular Science. Retrieved Wishart, University of Nebraska Press, p. Texas Monthly. Retrieved May 25, Lawrence: Stop That Cow of Kansas Press. University of Missouri. Retrieved June 4, Cattle Guards website. Ray Allen. Retrieved 20 November University Lands. Retrieved June 13, University of Wisconsin — Extension. Archived from the original PDF on September 19, Retrieved June 3, Australian Broadcasting Company. July 28, Retrieved June 17, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Retrieved May 23, Some people consider cattle guards eyesores, but these ground-level installations provide Stop That Cow most effective protection for ungated driveways on properties that are otherwise fenced to keep deer out. June Stop That Cow Retrieved May 27, — via Google Books. Retrieved December 26, — via Google Books. Timm; M. Madon eds. Pest Conf. Post Independent — Citizen Telegram. Rifle, Colorado: Swift Communications. July 31, Archived from the original on August 15, Barn World. 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