Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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During a routine feeding Nov. 9, Colyer throws hay into one of the pens at the Purebred Beef Teaching Center. Colyer said herdsman Troy Mamie. graduate student in animal sciences and industry, bought the hay from local farmers. Center employees started the day at 7 a.m. to feed livestock before going to class. (Photo by Jell Cooper) After a two-how tabor. Kyle Colyer, senior in animal sciences and industry. and Sam Weinhold, junior in animal sciences and industry pull a breached can from its mother Jan 25. Colyer said the birth was not complicated, however many hectors had trouble during calving. good to have two People: he said. • One to support the heifer or hold her tel back and one to pull. Once they (heifers) do it once they know what they are doing. and you don ' t have to watch them as close next calving season: (Photo by Jell Cooper) 26

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After dinner, Ditmer and Lytle play Pictionary against Vanden and Masser. Ditmer and Lytle won the game. It amazes me how horrible the pictures can be and people still know what they are, ' Ditmer said. ' We stopped the game to take a picture of the drawings because they were so bad: (Photo by Steven Deanngel) Applauding one of the higher bids. A.J. Cecil, freshman in history. encourages the crowd to continue raising bids to support Manhattan Women ' s Crisis Center Jan. 27. Cecil said the other auctioneers surprised her by auctioning her at the end of the event. 1 didn ' t realty mind because it was for charity; she said. 1 was just worried that no one would buy me ' (Photo by MIC17001 Young) During their double date. Paul Diener. junior in elementery education. Susan Lytle. sophomore in secondary education, Joel Yourdion, sophomore in math and business. and Jos Musser. sophomore in family studies and human serViCes, eat dinner at Cktmers friend ' s apartment Feb 5. (Photo by Steven Deatinge0 25

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Living, Learning ON THE FARM Kyle Colyer lived in a barn. A Purebred Beef Teaching Center employee, Colyer, senior in animal sciences and industry, lived and worked at the center with his roommates Sam Weinhold, senior in animal sciences and industry, and Andy Ledoux, jun- ior in animal sciences and industry. You raise some eyebrows, Colyer said. People are like, ' Barn? How do you live in a barn? ' They don ' t know there is an apartment in here. Weinhold said the barn ' s corner apartment had a kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom, and the uni- versity paid room and board through the College of Agriculture. It ' s small, Weinhold said. We .leep in a bed three bunks high. Colyer said it felt like home. I look at it as a place to hang my clothes up and lay my head down once in a while, he said. Herdsman Troy Maple, graduate student in animal sciences and indus- try, said the center had raised cattle since the late 1800s, and it had always been used as a teaching tool. I ' m usually pretty critical, Maple said. 1 require my employees to have a farming or ranching back- ground. They have to have a basic knowledge of what they are doing, and we can teach the rest. While Colyer, Weinhold and Ledoux lived at the center, four other part-time employees also met qualifi- cation requirements set by Maple. He said those who had worked at the cen- ter the longest received the first oppor- tunity to live there. This (center) is a place where you need to already know, Colyer said. We ' ll be watching heifers calve by ourselves at night. If there ' s a prob- lem some- one can t sit there and hold your hand. People are adding to what they know, not starting f rom scratch. Marple said the center had a 1.1 2 to two year waiting lists to live there. It ' s an honor, Colyer said. ' This isn ' t something you take for a lot of money. I could go work somewhere else for $9 an hour, but I ' d rather work here for minimum wage. With about 350 cattle and 70 bulls at the center, Colyer said employees stayed busy, and work duties varied with the time of year. We start the day at 7 a.m. It ' s a never-ending deal; ' he said. There ' s always stuff going on all the time. I require my employees to have a farming or teaching background. Troy Marple, graduate student in animal sciences and industry continued on page 28 purebred beef teaching center 27