Wu Siyuan thought about it, relying solely on raising horses is a very fragile economic production activity in this era.
Only through diversified business development can we have a broader and more stable future.
Of course, even diversified development should have a foothold.
The foothold Wu Siyuan has in mind for Chilechuan Ranch is animal husbandry.
Of course, it is not just about raising horses, but it is necessary to expand to raising chickens, cattle, and pigs, and carry out large-scale breeding, rather than the free-range breeding of small farmer economic models like now!
It won’t be a big deal!
But breeding requires conditions!
Apart from anything else, the most basic feed needs to be solved!
There’s not even food to eat, and you’ll starve to death no matter what you feed!
But basically all the pastures in the Chilechuan Ranch are occupied by horses.
As mentioned before, it takes ten acres of grassland to raise a horse, and this does not include concentrated feeds such as soybean meal and corn.
Where is the extra land to raise other livestock?
Wu Siyuan used Golden Finger [Shennongjiao Space] to optimize the Leymus chinensis and the forage that increased production. It is no problem to use it to raise the horses to be fat and strong, but if you want to do something else, you will not be able to do it! p>
But the yield of Leymus chinensis is not good, aren’t there other high-yielding pastures?
In his [Shennongjiao Space], Wu Siyuan unexpectedly found a pack of forage seeds that would become famous in later generations, alfalfa, which is known as the [King of Forage]!
Alfalfa is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Leguminosae family, with a general lifespan of 5-10 years, and some can live up to 25 years.
It has a well-developed root system, a tap root system, a thick and long main root, which is 3-6 meters deep into the soil, and the deepest can reach 10 meters. There are many nodules on the lateral roots. The upper end of the root connects with the stem is a rhizome, and stems and branches are produced from the rhizome.
The seeds are small, kidney-shaped, yellow-brown, newly harvested seeds are shiny, and the weight of 1,000 seeds is 2.33 grams, about 210,000 seeds per kilogram!
Biologically speaking, alfalfa is an insect-pollinated cross-pollinated plant that likes a warm and semi-arid climate. It has strong cold resistance and can withstand low temperatures of -20 degrees. Due to its deep root system and strong drought resistance, it is very suitable for the current situation of Chilechuan Ranch.
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However, you need to put in effort in cultivation, because alfalfa seeds are small. Before sowing, you need to carefully prepare the land, do deep plowing and fine raking, keep the soil moist, and apply farmyard manure and phosphorus fertilizer as base fertilizer to the poor soil to facilitate root nodules.
Form.
If cultivated on soil that has never been planted with alfalfa, inoculating rhizobia bacteria will have a good yield-increasing effect.
Alfalfa plants in the seedling stage are short and susceptible to weed damage, so weeding should be done in time.
Alfalfa consumes a lot of water, so irrigation can greatly increase yields during dry seasons. Early spring irrigation and irrigation after each cutting are very significant in increasing alfalfa yields.
Although it is relatively troublesome to plant, fresh alfalfa grass and hay are excellent pastures for beef and dairy cattle. They have high nutritional value, good palatability, and are easy to digest. All kinds of livestock like to eat them.
When cut during the early flowering stage, the crude protein content of hay can reach 17%.
In arid areas without irrigation conditions, mowing can be done 2-3 times a year. If there are irrigation conditions or heavy rainfall, the mowing can be done 3-7 times. Under irrigation conditions, 800-1000 kilograms of hay or 40-50 kilograms of seeds can be produced per acre.
, the output is amazing.
You know, the hay yield of Leymus chinensis per acre is only 200-300 kilograms.
This is still ideal.
The yield of alfalfa is more than five times that of Leymus chinensis.
This means that, without considering other conditions, the same alfalfa pasture land can support five times the horses of the current Chilechuan pasture.
This 5 times gap really leaves too much room for imagination.
And this is the result without [Shen Nongjiao Space] seed optimization!
If after optimization, after 25% beneficial planting, there will be a yield gap of more than 6 times!
Wu Siyuan just recalled the various data of alfalfa, and then without hesitation, he shoveled away the pieces of Leymus chinensis under the fruit trees in the [Shennong Corner Space], not leaving a single blade, and all of them were decomposed by the [Shennong Corner Space]
As nutrients, then all of them are planted with alfalfa.
Alfalfa still needs to be cultivated intensively. Even though [Shennongjiao Space] is uniquely endowed with natural resources, some areas still require hard work by hand.
In this way, Wu Siyuan kept horses on the mountain during the day to guard against wolves, and at night he went into the [Shen Nongjiao Space] and was busy with orchards and alfalfa.
Busy time passes very quickly, and it seems that it doesn’t matter without a mobile phone or the Internet.
1966 passed quickly, and Wu Siyuan gradually got used to this new rhythm of life.
After alfalfa is planted, its flowering period is from May to July and its maturity period is from June to August.
[Shennongjiao Space] The four seasons are like spring, so naturally it cannot be generalized.
But even so, it was not until 1967 that Wu Siyuan harvested the first batch of alfalfa seeds and alfalfa seed hay.
This batch of alfalfa seeds is only 625 kilograms and hay is kilograms.
But Wu Siyuan didn't take it out like before.
Because the revolution in the outside world is in full swing at this time, conditions do not allow it.
Wu Siyuan continues to follow the herdsmen to graze in the mountains and plant alfalfa in the [Shen Nongjiao Space]!
Those rebels know that life in the mountains is hard, and no one is willing to come and replace Wu Siyuan!
So Wu Siyuan’s life has always been peaceful!
Time flows!
In 1968, Wu Siyuan harvested more than 600 kilograms of alfalfa seeds and nearly 20,000 kilograms of hay.
In 1969, 1970, 1971, and until 1972, Wu Siyuan harvested a lot of alfalfa seeds and hay every year.
Hay is easy to handle. In winter, if you put it in the stable, it will be gone without you noticing.
These alfalfa seeds, which can benefit plants by 25%, are properly stored in the preservation area of [Shen Nongjiao Space], waiting to play a key role in the future.
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In 1972, Xu Lingjun, possessed by Wu Siyuan, was 35 years old, and it had been 10 years since his soul traveled through this world.
[Shennongjiao Space] has also accumulated ten years of strength in this world.
Wu Siyuan knows that in a few years, [Shennongjiao Space] will usher in its fifth upgrade.
I don’t know what kind of skills this upgrade will bring to him? Wu Siyuan is looking forward to it.
Today, noon.
Wu Siyuan was sitting next to the earthen stove cooking lunch.
Guo Qianzi suddenly burst in and asked Wu Siyuan, "Old Xu, do you want a wife or not?"
Wu Siyuan was stunned for a moment, this familiar line...
Before he could speak, Guo Qianzi said again, "Hey, if you want a wife, as long as you ask for it, I will bring it to you later!"
Wu Siyuan smiled bitterly, he came after all!
Although it is embarrassing, this is the reality.
In the past few years, the Land of Abundance has been unable to even eat red potatoes, and hungry farmers have had to emigrate in large numbers.
Girls are relatively easy to deal with. They can just find a partner in other places and get married. As long as a girl in a village gets married outside, she will support her sisters in her hometown one by one.
In this way, strings of girls left Bashan and Shushui with their poor little burdens, broke out of Yangping Pass, crossed the Qinling Mountains, and passed through countless long and short tunnels to Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia
, go to Xinjiang to pursue their future.
If your family is tight and you can afford it, just buy a ticket; if you don’t have money, just take the train secretly from station to station.
Their small bags only contained a few patched clothes, a small round mirror and a wooden comb. With these equipment, they used their beautiful youth as a bet, betting on this casino of life. p>
They may win happiness, or they may lose everything...