University Daily Kansan / Wednesdav March 22,1989
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Buffaloes roam at Kansas farmer's home and seldom is heard a discouraging word
The Associated Press
DENNIS — When the dinner bell rings on a 277-acre farm in southeast Kansas, the group that responds is bigger and shagglier than a bunch of ranchhands.
Farmer Archie Shepard stands beside his pickup truck and offers encouragement as his 15 buffaloes trot toward him, eager to get to the food cubes poured from a feed bag.
A big bull named Fred, a smaller animal named Wilma and the youthful Pebbles answer the dinner bell. One overly heifer is not content to eat off the ground. She gets her cubes right out of Shenard's hand.
"This is my pet one she," Shepard said. "She always comes to me, no matter where I'm at. See how pretty she
"See how he minds? He minds better than the kids, I'll tell you that." Sheard said.
While the heifer eats, Sheepard turned toward a huge bull baffalo that had wandered up to the pickup and was approaching.
"Fred! Cut that out!" Shepard yelled. The animal immediately turned and rejoined the group.
Such rapport with animals that have a rusty reputation as a breeder may surprise first-time visitors to Shepard's farm.
In fact, Shepard admitted he was a little dubious
himself when a nephew first suggested raising buffaloes during a visit to the ranch last spring.
"I was skeptical at the start because everybody said you can't trust 'em." Shenard said.
But Shepard eventually went along with the idea, and the two men bought 12 Northern buffalo heifers in May. Fred and Wilma were bought from an owner northwest of Ojibweville, and a month later, Wilma gave birth to Pebble.
Shepard said the buffaloes were initially extremely wary, sticking to the far side of the pasture except for occasional trips to a nearby pond. But Shepard, who had previously held glass-filled glasses, soon curbed them of their antisocial attitude.
Sheepard said that camaraderie became fully developed while he was building a shed and pen for the buffaloes.
"One day I said, 'You're gonna stop that nonsense!' I drove the truck down there and hollered at 'em and they came running.' Shepard said.
"When I was digging these postholes, they just laid right here all day," he said. "Then when I'd get up to work, I would pick it up."
Fred, Wilma and Pebbles are the only buffaloes referred to by name. Shepard relies on numbers tagged to the animals' ears to distinguish the other members of the herd.
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