In the early morning in Kansas, when the sun shines through the slightly moisture-laden air, there are dense light and shadows floating in the air.
When the golden light shines on the land, distant sounds come from the wind. When the last coolness in the wind fades, the footsteps of spring bring gentle whispers, telling the hardworking humans on this vast land,
Spring plowing is about to begin.
Several young people living in the Kent farm cabin got up early. The sun had just risen from the horizon, and everyone was already packing their things in a hurry.
Before dawn, the "rumbling" sound of the tractor joined last night's spring thunder, and the noisy chatter and laughter of the farm help came from the main house not far away. Clark opened the wooden door and stepped out of the wet
In the air, I could smell the aroma of Martha cooking soup.
Just as Clark was about to walk out, he suddenly retracted his legs, turned around and said to the people behind him: "Don't come out yet. The cobblestones outside are a bit loose. Bruce, bring me a shovel. I need to compact them tightly."
a little."
There was a "swish" sound, and a shovel flew over. Clark instinctively stretched out his hand to catch it, but what he saw when he looked up was Diana's face. He raised his eyebrows in surprise. The force of the shovel flying just now was not light.
Diana gave a big smile and said, "I know you're proud of how strong you are, boy, but I'm not bad either."
Clark laughed, walked out with the shovel, and said: "I have already seen that you want to fight with me. You Amazon women are like this. You want to prove your strength all the time."
"There's nothing wrong with that. At least you'll have a good helper when you're farming today." Diana shrugged and took out a shovel to help Clark flatten the cobblestones at the door.
Bruce, who had just woken up, stood by the door in a daze. He stretched out his head and glanced outside the door, and then said, "There seem to be a lot of people on the farm. What are they here for?"
"Of course I'm here to help with the farm work." Clark said in a brisk tone.
But Bruce and Diana stared at him at the same time, with expressions of disapproval on their faces. Clark sighed helplessly and said, "What are you thinking? I am not an evil landlord who exploits farmers!"
"Kent Farm has already been engaged in large-scale mechanized farming, and no one will plow the land personally. But because of large-scale formalization, we need a lot of professionals to help the farm complete spring plowing."
"First of all, we need an agricultural consultant who is responsible for providing knowledge and professional technical help. He is not an expert himself, but he knows where to find the most reliable experts."
"These experts will collect the soil from Kent Farm, take it back for laboratory testing, analyze our soil conditions, and determine the most suitable plants to plant, the methods of planting, and the timing of planting."
"We also need a purchasing agent, who needs to be responsible for all commercial matters. After getting professional reports from experts, he will help us analyze what kind of seeds are the most economical to buy, which farm has grown which excellent varieties, and obtained the best results.
Not a bad profit.”
"Then you need to contact the seed dealer and go to the mechanical farm tools market or the second-hand trading market to purchase the farm tools you need to purchase this year."
"At the same time, we also have a government consultant who mainly helps us solve some policy issues, such as what policy preferences are introduced for farmers this year, whether there are any changes in the regulations on agriculture, and whether there are any changes in the harvesting and secondary processing of agricultural products.
A new standard.”
"Finally, my father personally took charge of the sales channels of agricultural products and promoted our high-quality products to various suppliers."
"Of course, this is not all. There are also some more sophisticated technical consultants and technical workers. For example, in agriculture, there are experts in pesticide spraying, and volunteers in nature protection woodland. In animal husbandry, there are veterinarians to treat animals.
There is a physical examination and there is a breeder responsible for breeding."
Clark said a lot in general. He spread his hands and said: "In modern agriculture, almost all manual labor has been replaced by machines, but in contrast, the knowledge and technology part requires a large number of talents."
"The sound of the tractor you heard this morning was the sowers we hired. You can't expect just a few of us to plow such a large piece of land, right? Even if we drive the tractor 24 hours a day, there's no chance."
"The time for spring plowing is very precious. We need to start planning after it rains, wait for the moisture level of the land to reach a just right level, and then start sowing immediately, seizing the most precious few days to sow all the seeds."
"So, today we are going to work with these sowers?" Bruce asked.
Clark shook his head and said: "No, this year's situation is a bit special. We can have an independent plot. I can take you to farm together and wait until the harvest season to harvest together."
Clark threw the shovel to Diana, who put the shovel back into the house. Then he waved to the two of them and said, "Let's go and see the land."
After speaking, Clark turned around and left, sighing as he walked, and then said: "Unfortunately, Louise is busy with work. He has already taken his annual leave and has no choice but to go back to work."
Diana smiled teasingly and said, "You can ask me directly if she was a little reluctant when she left. I can tell you, yes, and the main thing she was reluctant to part with was you."
Standing on the side of the road, Clark coughed twice, blocked his mouth with his fist, and said hesitantly: "It has nothing to do with me..."
After a while, Diana and Bruce both changed into waterproof boots, and Clark held some small flags, an axe, and a roll of hemp rope in his hands, and the three of them began to head deeper into the Kent farm.
The whole farm doesn't look very big from the sky, because it's surrounded by such large farms, but if you really start walking, it's like running to death while looking up the mountain. The three of them walked for more than half an hour before finally arriving at Clark's place.
Said target point.
Walking all the way east from the field ridge, you enter the natural reserve of Kent Farm, follow a path, and come to an open land like a paradise.
There is a forest on one side, and there are windbreak plants on the other two sides. It is like a fenced garden, but the actual area is also very large. The windbreak forest on the opposite side has almost disappeared on the skyline.
This land looks a little different from other fields. The biggest difference is that the soil on the ground looks a bit messy, and there are no obvious traces of tractor cultivation like other fields.
"This was originally a vegetable patch on the farm." After Clark walked in, he pointed to the land and introduced: "But during the spring plowing last year, our sheep happened to be infected with a disease, and my parents were busy working with the veterinarian to solve the problem.
Due to the disease problem, there is not so much energy to take care of the farm.”
"After they came to their senses, they realized that they had missed the best sowing season, and the vegetable field was now empty. Originally, my father proposed to plant some late-sowing plants, but my mother said that it would be better to take a rotational rest."
"Take turns?" Bruce asked with some confusion.
"Rotate fallow." Clark said while looking for something around him: "The fertility of the land is a gift from nature, but this gift is not common. Plants will absorb nutrients from the land. If they are planted continuously, the nutrients will decrease.
Then the output will also decrease."
"So, instead of cultivating all the land, we will let the land fallow in rotation to restore fertility. In fact, only about two-thirds of the land on the entire Kent farm is cultivated now, and the rest is in the fallow period.
It’s like the fishing moratorium.”
"Last year, when we didn't have time to plant seeds, my mother decided to abandon this vegetable field and plant a new vegetable field in another direction. This year, they decided to continue planting that field."
"But I think this land is quite fertile to begin with. It has been almost restored after a year of cultivation. It would be a waste to leave it empty, so why don't we plant something on it together."
Bruce and Diana looked at each other. Neither of them seemed to want to ask that stupid question, but in the end it was Diana who said, "So, what are we going to plant? How?"
Before Clark could speak, Diana stretched out her hands and gestured, and then said: "Amazon mainly depends on hunting, we also plant, but at least we can grow some herbs or something."
"Our planting method is to burn a piece of land and then scatter the seeds directly without watering or spraying pesticides. We all rely on God to reward us with whatever we can grow. So, you'd better not expect me to do it.
What constructive suggestions can you provide?”
Bruce also looked at Clark and said: "Don't look at me either. I have almost no research on agriculture. You all know that you can't farm in Gotham. Plants are just like the people there. There are only two results, either death or madness."
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Clark sighed deeply and said, "That's why I brought you to this small piece of land for practice. If you were asked to drive the tractor directly on the large farmland, you would definitely be able to drive it awkwardly."
"What's so difficult about driving a tractor?" Diana snorted and said, "Isn't it just like driving a car? At most, there are a few more buttons, but my car still drives well."
Clark rolled his eyes, but was too lazy to tell her more. He found a fallen tree from the nearby forest, cut the trunk into several pieces, and then split the stake from the middle to become
A thinner stick.
Immediately afterwards, he inserted wooden sticks around the field and tied the flags to the tops of the sticks with hemp ropes. After doing everything, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, this is our experimental field."
Well, the method of growing ordinary vegetables is similar, we have to bring the tractor over first."
"Why do you need to drive the tractor first?" Bruce asked as he followed Clark: "Shouldn't we choose the type of plant first? Then pick the seeds?"
"Because we have to grab a good tractor first." Clark said quickly, "Those hired sowers all have their own tractors, but there are also some who don't drive tractors themselves and want to use ours.
"
"We have a total of four tractors in our family, but they are also old and new. Do you want to recall the glory of German industry in my grandfather's time?"
Bruce paused for a moment. He glanced at Diana next to him, but finally pulled Clark and said, "Fly over, I want the latest one."
Clark turned around in surprise. He glanced at Diana. Bruce coughed and stared at Diana. Diana raised her hands and took a step back and said, "Okay, I definitely didn't see you flying up and kissing me last night."
Wild geese."
"I'm not kissing the geese!" Clark raised his voice and said angrily, but then his tone turned helpless: "Batcat ran into the geese's dreams to fight crime, causing the two geese to fall down while flying.
Yes, I have to send them back."
Then, Clark realized what he had missed, so he stared at Bruce with some dissatisfaction, then looked at Diana, and opened his mouth to explain.
Diana withdrew her hand and hugged it to her chest. When she saw the two boys staring at her, she gave a disdainful sound, and then said, "Do you really think that being able to fly is something rare?"
As soon as he finished speaking, under Clark's shocked gaze, the black-haired princess jumped up.
Diana's figure drew a smooth arc in the air, like a fish swimming in the water, her long hair fluttering, and the waves in her eyes were brighter than the morning light.