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

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Rounding•up heifers. John Kueser. sophomore in animal sciences and industry. and Collier ride their hones in the University pasture Jan. 25. Kinser and Coyer brought haters, which would soon be calving. back to the barn. Colyer said their dog, Jazz, a Red Heeler. Blue Heeler mix, helped herd cattle. (Photo by Jeff Cooper) In the Purebred Beef Teaching Center ' s office, Troy Marple, graduate student in animal sciences and industry. and Andy Ledoux. junior in animal sciences and Industry. talk after working Nov. 9. Marple said the center had raised cattle since the late 1800s and started selling bulls in 1980, in conjuction with the Sale Management class. He sad students ran the bull sale, which sold bulls to commercial dealers. Marple said the center ' s busiest time ran from January to May. (Photo by Jolt Cooper) After Seeding. CoWs boots show signs of the days work as he relaxes in the office Nov. 9. He said center employees sat in the office everyday after work. After the day ' s over we BS for about 10 to 15 minutes: he said. ' we talk about what we did today. what were gang to do tomorrow ' (Photo by Jeff Cooper) purebred beef teaching center 29

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continued from page 27 ON THE FARM When employees began in the fall, cows and calves grazed in the pasture, giving the workers time to maintain the facilities, Colyer said. We do a lot of maintenance to get ready for the year, he said. We clean the barn and build fence. In October, after weaning babies and branding them, employees pre- pared for calving, which lasted from late January to March. Last night (Feb. 4) Sam and I were up until two or three, Colyer said. We had a heifer calve. Then another one. One calf didn ' t want to nurse so we had to give him some milk. This time of year the day never ends. Colyer said living an agricultural lifestyle differed from others ' lives. A lot of college kids have week- ends off, Colyer said. It might be your time to check heifers, and every- one else is going to the bars, but you ' re not going to the bars. The center raised bulls for the Uni- versity Bull Sale in March, and sold cattle at the Kansas Beef Expo in Hutchinson, Kan. The center donated heifers for the Little American Royal Show, which gave participants the chance to show livestock without buy- ing the animal for the show. Colyer said working at the center rounded out his college experience. When I ' m 40 years old I can say, ' Yeah, I worked there. I lived he said. I wasn ' t just going to school, getting my diploma. ' by staci hauschild At days end. Sam weinhold. junior in animal sciences and industry. Kuesor and Goyim relax in the bamb Wing room Jan. 26. Colyer said the men chewed tobacco and spit in a canister Andy had bought. It ' s pretty damn nasty: Coyer said. ' Andy wont to my hometown (in Idaho). He bought a box of old stuff at a benefit auction, and that was in there. Later we were Ike, We can spit in that thing. • (Photo by Jeff Cooper) Wore sunrise, Kyle Colyer, senior in animal sciences and industry, enters the barn alter trying to catch horses for an early morning cattle round-up Jan. 26. (Photo by Jeff Goober) 28 student life

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