hair that swirls around his head in the shape of a seed cap. he's the kind of man who, if you asked him for the shirt off his back, would give it to you while joking that it's dirty.
"i was born the oldest son and grandson into a farming family. our family goes back to german immigrants who started farming right here in 1848. when i was a boy my grandfather lived next door so i learned farming from him as well as my own dad.
"i never liked school as much as i like farming so in 8th grade, when my dad needed more help, i quit school. by the 