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Show in the wool and lamb markets, in restrictions on grazing, etc. could be too discouraging unless one loved ranching enough to endure under pressure. His son must not be forced into the business solely through loyalty. FAMILY INTEREST And then in 1951 there was a possibility that some interested help may materialize. Bill's oldest daughter had married E. G. Jenkins in 1948 and they and their baby daughter, Jennifer, lived in Honolulu. But Jerry was not happy with a desk job and wanted to try his hand at ranching. Since Jerry was city born and reared, Bill wondered if he would really be able to take the demands of ranching and he tried to discourage him. When Billye joined in Jerry's plea, Rill capitulated and the spring of 195-1 saw them moving from Honolulu to live on the Mt. Pleasant ranch. Jerry entered into his work with enthusiasm and loved living in the ranch house. The following winter brought the heaviest snowfall ever, time after time, and because Jerry was young he was expected to shovel the snow from the roofs of barns and sheds to prevent their collapse. He wondered who had done all that work before he came. Working hard at his job the first year he began to realize that the routines of heavy ranching were not entirely to his liking, and his interest began to wane. Bill was concerned for he had expected that Jerry would start at the bottom to learn 276 |
