Teaching, Living, Learning
story by Kyle Kurlick
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Terry Trout is greeted by his daughter, Johannah, his wife, Cindy, and his son, Jesse, as he drives down Howard Road after spending the afternoon cutting hay.
A good drying day on Fountain Fresh Farm, a 173-acre dairy operation near Sedalia. Terry and Cindy Trout moved there from Maryland four years ago.
(2008 Kyle Kurlick / The Mountain Workshops)
Every morning, the Trouts spend time together praying and reading through a chapter of the Bible. Cindy Trout, center, reads some verses while her children Johannah, 2, and Tyler, 19, follow along.
Tyler Trout practices artifically inseminating a cow while his sisters, Courtney, center, and Johannah watch.
Even though Terry Trout decided to primarily breed and raise cattle for dairy production, he's open to taking on new opportunities. "I thought it would be good to have a fresh turkey for Thanksgiving," Terry said.
Johannah Trout, 2, left, lends a hand to her brother Jesse Trout, 5, as he pulls a wagoon of milk over to the calf pens.
Cindy Trout puts Johannah's hair in a pony tail before calling the family to breakfast at their dairy farm near Sedalia. "I don't get involved with the cows," she said.
Josiah Trout, 7, lets calves suckle his fingers to calm them while an escaped calf is corralled. The Trout family has a dairy farm near Sedalia.
The Trouts' three youngest children accompany Cindy Trout as she hauls bales of sorghum to be stored. Josiah, 7, Jesse, 5, and Johannah, 2, review phonics cards while waiting for the trailers to be loaded and emptied. All the children are home-schooled.