Well, after about four weeks, 8 letters, and 16 trips to local stores by my dad (Nelson Frappier), the bulk of the necessary building supplies have been acquired and we are ready to start building.
It turns out that Lumber, and Plywood is “not so cheap”. Three different Home Depot’s gave about $250 each in building materials, and Christian Building Materials, gave us $600 worth of roofing supplies.
Today we started bringing all of the supplies over to the school and meeting the Farmhands who would be helping us with some of the labor.
These students, LET ME TELL YOU, are dedicated to their animals!! They are constantly there at the farm. Feeding, washing, prepping, exercising etc… it is A LOT of work to raise animals properly. Each of these students are assigned an animal at the beginning of the year, and it is their responsibility (and privilege) to raise the animals in a proper environment, up until they bring them to the county fair in July. At this time the animals are sold off to the highest bidder which teaches the students even more about the process of raising, marketing, and selling of livestock.
The kids even name their prized animals. One of the pigs name is “piggy smalls”. They have an adorable Scottish steer who’s name is curly.
This responsibility does not come cheap. Each of these students is responsible for raising their own funds necessary in order to :house, feed, and maintain their respective animal all the way from animal assignment, up until the sale at the county fair. For example, a steer would cost approximately $3000 to the student if they wanted to raise a steer through the year and sell it at the fair. Alternatively, a sheep would cost approximately $600 to maintain until the fair. Again, more lessons for the students about responsibility and finances involved. It is no wonder that they are THERE ALL THE TIME!
Back to the project…. Now we have the materials. It’s time to get dirty and start building!
Frank Frappier 1/5/11
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