Complex sentence: Fencing originally consisted of 7-wire post and batten, and the first electric fences, developed by Phillips and Nichols at Ruakura, were trialled at Whatawhata in 1962.
Split into simpler sentences: Fencing originally consisted of 7-wire post and batten. The first electric fences, developed by Phillips and Nichols at Ruakura, were trialled at Whatawhata in 1962.