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l i xi a i r I Ic 1 c 1 4 t uy i 4 I iy r A t r L l fr SHEEP RAVE HAVE different personalities just like humans says Jack Rhoades But Rut they have one oae aggravating common characteristic they like to bunch together Missourian Photo by Bob Ross Enjoys Content d Life Ry By Nancy SUfI Staff Writer A ball bail of swirling dust d t t rolls down dorm the dry fry rutted country road read Every now mow and then an arm a leg or orbe the be hint of 0 a abic bicycle bic fender shows snows through U cl the brown toWI The dust ball hall rolls pasts pasta past a gray ar ong barn bam past sheep pan wic war war-t dad d a jean j wea van sitting atop a a a- fence ferns post It swirls by dover dover- dotted pastures past a horse and a two two story story white bUe farmhouse As the be dirt settles a lean middle aged man swings his leg teg over the inch 28 bicycle and aud stands up up His fate face fa e is streaked with dirt and sweat The skin akin around his cornflower blue eyes is permanently creased ceased with wrinkles from squinting at t the t tsun sun scat all aU day But Bat be he beis is grinning grin Ig like a man maD who is happy with his work THE mE MAN IN cowboy boots boos is Jack Rhoades shepherd at the University's South Farms and he be is happy with his work Rhoades who has bas been working worl Dg for fer the University for fl 16 years says he leads a good life He Be likes clean air smelling ng i working with animals and watching ng his family grow He me also abo likes being able to walk to work work work-or or ride his bicycle when he be is in m the mood A quiet man with a soft gentle voice ice Rhoades says say proudly that farming fanning is in ira his blood The Due Th men me in my family Iy have been be farmers as far back badt backas as I know I don't dont think FH Ill ever eve do anything else Rhoades was born in Iowa but spent most of his boyhood on a farm in Mexico Mo Ma He says he be bebas has bas been working wo ing with sheep for foras fores foras as es long as he be can remember Rhoades says he really became beta a interested in sheep when he raised them for far a series of projects He decided then be he liked working starling with livestock lad wanted to go t b gric i. i t Yr tt t JJ RHOADES STARTED working for the University while wI le be was completing his agriculture degree and stayed on after graduation In 1971 Rhoades was promoted from University shepherd to research assistant assistants but he be beseems seems to have no illusions of grandeur despite the pay in increase in- in increase increase crease and the new title He simply defines himself as someone who takes care of sheep But Bait those graduate students who woo work w k with Rhoades say he be heis heis is one are of the acknowledged sheep experts at the University It is net unusual to see two or three students following the shepherd around the pasture asking questions and discussing their then own projects with him Rhoades says he learned more about sheep from ex ex- experience experience ex- ex experience than from books and lectures On his farm he tempers modern technology with a farmers farmer's common sense And he be urges students to be around the animals as much as asIt possible It It is work if you get to know mow the animals annuals They have different personalities just j t like humans Some are wild and some are gentle Some will run rum tram from you yon and some are so stubborn n you cant can't even drive them 6 Wul em THE hE SHEPHERD works about 55 hours a week trying to keep up the acre farm fann Although he usually has one or two students to help him with the sheep on the farm Rhoades still does a lot of the blistering ng backbreaking work This seems to suit Rhoades He says he is not interested in teaching regularly although he gives gi es a few lectures lecture a year year I dont want to be tied down to toa toa toa a desk That kind of ci work seems ems je mme melban physical he i nor w his bis enjoys the simple pleasures in life like fishing and working in his garden He spends s ends most of his spare time in the garden and is proud of its yield In the summer we can live off it My wife Peggy cans what is left leftover leftover leftover over for the winter Rhoades says one me of the too added benefits of being a far far- farmer farmer farmer mer is being able abl to watch his family grow And his children Paul 9 Becky 6 and Daniel 2 seem seem sem to like farm life They often can can be seen bobbing bobb ng across the pasture after Rhoades or riding around on his hb tractor SETTLING BACK into one of the rocking chairs on the front porch Rhoades tilts back the billed cap he always wears and smiles contentedly Yeah I really like having the children out here They like to be out in the open I dont don't have to watch over them and I dont don't have to worry about them running naming into the street They can go anywhere they want Chewing on a piece of straw Rhoades pushes back a stray stay piece of blond hair which was whipped out of place by the four o'clock breeze The only distinguishable sounds are baaing basing of the sheep and an occasional bob bob o o I guess I would like to own my own farm fann fannone one of these days Rhoades says wistfully Until then I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess Ill I'll just stay right here heredo doin do n what Im I'm doin I expect I want to be a farmer fanner for some sometime time tUne
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1973-08-05 |
| Description | 65th Year, No. 274 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1973-08-05 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1973-08-05 Shepherd Enjoys Contented Life |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1973-08-05 |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| Item.Transcript | l i xi a i r I Ic 1 c 1 4 t uy i 4 I iy r A t r L l fr SHEEP RAVE HAVE different personalities just like humans says Jack Rhoades But Rut they have one oae aggravating common characteristic they like to bunch together Missourian Photo by Bob Ross Enjoys Content d Life Ry By Nancy SUfI Staff Writer A ball bail of swirling dust d t t rolls down dorm the dry fry rutted country road read Every now mow and then an arm a leg or orbe the be hint of 0 a abic bicycle bic fender shows snows through U cl the brown toWI The dust ball hall rolls pasts pasta past a gray ar ong barn bam past sheep pan wic war war-t dad d a jean j wea van sitting atop a a a- fence ferns post It swirls by dover dover- dotted pastures past a horse and a two two story story white bUe farmhouse As the be dirt settles a lean middle aged man swings his leg teg over the inch 28 bicycle and aud stands up up His fate face fa e is streaked with dirt and sweat The skin akin around his cornflower blue eyes is permanently creased ceased with wrinkles from squinting at t the t tsun sun scat all aU day But Bat be he beis is grinning grin Ig like a man maD who is happy with his work THE mE MAN IN cowboy boots boos is Jack Rhoades shepherd at the University's South Farms and he be is happy with his work Rhoades who has bas been working worl Dg for fer the University for fl 16 years says he leads a good life He Be likes clean air smelling ng i working with animals and watching ng his family grow He me also abo likes being able to walk to work work work-or or ride his bicycle when he be is in m the mood A quiet man with a soft gentle voice ice Rhoades says say proudly that farming fanning is in ira his blood The Due Th men me in my family Iy have been be farmers as far back badt backas as I know I don't dont think FH Ill ever eve do anything else Rhoades was born in Iowa but spent most of his boyhood on a farm in Mexico Mo Ma He says he be bebas has bas been working wo ing with sheep for foras fores foras as es long as he be can remember Rhoades says he really became beta a interested in sheep when he raised them for far a series of projects He decided then be he liked working starling with livestock lad wanted to go t b gric i. i t Yr tt t JJ RHOADES STARTED working for the University while wI le be was completing his agriculture degree and stayed on after graduation In 1971 Rhoades was promoted from University shepherd to research assistant assistants but he be beseems seems to have no illusions of grandeur despite the pay in increase in- in increase increase crease and the new title He simply defines himself as someone who takes care of sheep But Bait those graduate students who woo work w k with Rhoades say he be heis heis is one are of the acknowledged sheep experts at the University It is net unusual to see two or three students following the shepherd around the pasture asking questions and discussing their then own projects with him Rhoades says he learned more about sheep from ex ex- experience experience ex- ex experience than from books and lectures On his farm he tempers modern technology with a farmers farmer's common sense And he be urges students to be around the animals as much as asIt possible It It is work if you get to know mow the animals annuals They have different personalities just j t like humans Some are wild and some are gentle Some will run rum tram from you yon and some are so stubborn n you cant can't even drive them 6 Wul em THE hE SHEPHERD works about 55 hours a week trying to keep up the acre farm fann Although he usually has one or two students to help him with the sheep on the farm Rhoades still does a lot of the blistering ng backbreaking work This seems to suit Rhoades He says he is not interested in teaching regularly although he gives gi es a few lectures lecture a year year I dont want to be tied down to toa toa toa a desk That kind of ci work seems ems je mme melban physical he i nor w his bis enjoys the simple pleasures in life like fishing and working in his garden He spends s ends most of his spare time in the garden and is proud of its yield In the summer we can live off it My wife Peggy cans what is left leftover leftover leftover over for the winter Rhoades says one me of the too added benefits of being a far far- farmer farmer farmer mer is being able abl to watch his family grow And his children Paul 9 Becky 6 and Daniel 2 seem seem sem to like farm life They often can can be seen bobbing bobb ng across the pasture after Rhoades or riding around on his hb tractor SETTLING BACK into one of the rocking chairs on the front porch Rhoades tilts back the billed cap he always wears and smiles contentedly Yeah I really like having the children out here They like to be out in the open I dont don't have to watch over them and I dont don't have to worry about them running naming into the street They can go anywhere they want Chewing on a piece of straw Rhoades pushes back a stray stay piece of blond hair which was whipped out of place by the four o'clock breeze The only distinguishable sounds are baaing basing of the sheep and an occasional bob bob o o I guess I would like to own my own farm fann fannone one of these days Rhoades says wistfully Until then I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess Ill I'll just stay right here heredo doin do n what Im I'm doin I expect I want to be a farmer fanner for some sometime time tUne |
