Everyone transported the sick cows to the cowshed.
"All cows have the same symptoms. Let's go look for them near the area where the sick cows move." The veterinarian thought that the thing that made the cows sick might be nearby, so he said to the cowboy next to him.
After hearing what the doctor said, everyone naturally obeyed, so Cannon began to divide the teams.
"BOSS, come with me, let's go to the east to take a look at the cattle," Cannon finally said to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi nodded, and the two of them walked out of the bullpen side by side. Cannon didn't ride a horse either, and sat directly in the back of Zhang Chi's three-wheeler. Zhang Chi drove the three-wheeler, and the two of them went to the cattle shed together
Run to the place where you are staying in groups.
There are still light raindrops floating in the sky, and all the cattle are gathered together, with their buttocks facing the southeast and their heads facing the northwest, hiding in the west of the grove.
The reason why cattle are all like this is because the rain and wind blow from the southeast. They adopt this method to avoid the slightly cold wind and rain.
It's better to have your butt pointed into the wind than your head pointed into the wind. Cows are not stupid at all.
When they arrived near the herd of cattle, Zhang Chi threw the three bungs aside casually, and Cannon also jumped off the back of the truck.
"Which side do you choose?" Cannon asked.
Zhang Chi pointed casually, and the two of them separated and began to look around the herd of calves for plants that might make them sick.
Now the cattle standing on the grass are all alfalfa, the most common alfalfa. The grass has grown very high, and all the plants are almost the same. There are no seedlings. Alfalfa seedlings can sometimes make cattle bloated.
, is also a grass to pay attention to.
There are no seedlings now, so Zhang Chi turns his attention to other plants.
Zhang Chi moved and observed, and after nearly twenty minutes, he found no harmful plants.
Just when Zhang Chi was thinking about whether his good neighbor's little kid might have itchy hands and cause trouble for him, Cannon's voice came over.
"BOSS! There's something going on here."
As soon as Zhang Chi heard this, he immediately led Xiao ran to Cannon's side. As he ran, he asked loudly: "What's going on?"
At this moment, Cannon bent down, and when he stood upright again, there was a dry vine-like plant in his hand. It was quite long. Although the long leaves were dry and yellow, they could still be seen as heart-shaped.
kind of shape.
"Coyote Vine?!"
Zhang Chi recognized this thing at a glance.
Coyote Vine is the name here. Zhang Chi really didn’t know the name of this thing. He just followed everyone else and called it. Others said it was called Coyote Vine, so he got to know it.
This thing is not poisonous when it is fresh. In fact, it is not poisonous to humans whether it is fresh or dried. There will be no problem except for the bitterness and astringency of eating it.
However, it is not so friendly to ruminant animals. It can react with the enzymes in the cow's body to produce toxic substances. This kind of substance does not cause symptoms as soon as it is eaten. It usually has to accumulate to a certain amount.
There will be a reaction, and when there is a reaction, it is usually severe.
"this……".
Zhang Chi now saw what was under Cannon's feet. It was a bundle of grass. According to Zhang Chi's judgment, the grass was bought by the Nell family last year or before the freeze this year to keep their cattle through the winter.
Anyway, it wasn't Zhang Chi who bought it, because Zhang Chi never buys grass. He can't use up his own grass now, so he needs to buy grass from outside. Even if he buys it, it's just a cover-up for others.
"I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but there was this thing in the straw bale." Cannon kept turning the dried vine, thinking about something while turning it.
Zhang Chitong knew: "Notify everyone and ask everyone to take back all the grass that was originally intended to be fed to the cattle and inspect it together. Then all the grass in the warehouse must be grassed."
The pasture is clearing out materials these days, and there are so many old materials in stock. Although the price seems good now, it is not worth it for such a small amount and the need to transport it.
So the cowboys threw the materials out to feed the cattle, dried the newly harvested fodder and put it into storage.
"Well, that's right." Cannon nodded solemnly.
I took out my cell phone to make a call and asked around, only to find out that someone had discovered coyote vines over there.
After finding the disease-causing plant, the veterinarian could prescribe the right medicine. Zhang Chi and the cowboys began to collect all the dry grass that had been thrown outside, since it could not be eaten by the cows anyway.
When Zhang Chi and a group of people were transporting all the scattered grass back to the entrance of the warehouse, his grandfather Zhang Jiaren and his father Zhang Youpeng appeared on their respective horses.
"Didn't you say you can't come here because of the rain?" Zhang Chi asked curiously, looking at the two of them.
Zhang Jiaren got off the horse and said: "It's not interesting. After playing a few rounds of cards, we always got the wrong cards, so we gave up our seats and came over to see what we can do here."
Zhang Youpeng saw the broken grass on the ground, so he asked: "What's wrong, are you preparing to spread grass? Oh, it doesn't look like this. This grass was brought from outside. The grass in the warehouse will definitely not be so wet."
of".
Zhang Chi gave me a thumbs up: "There are poison ivy in the haystack, and several cows got sick after eating it. Now our task is to pick out the poison ivy."
"Oh, that's just right, we came at just the right time."
Zhang Jiaren drove his horse under the eaves, then held a bundle of grass and put it next to the horse. He and his son Zhang Youpeng, who had also finished their work, joined the army of workers.
The straw bales returned are easy to find because many of them have been loosened by cattle, but the straw bales in the warehouse are a bit difficult because all the straw bales are tied by balers.
If you want to find the poison ivy, you have to break open the straw bale.
Of course, the easiest way is to throw away all these straw bales.
It's a pity that neither Cannon nor Zhang Chi would do this, because if you want to throw it away, you have to pay. Giving the grass to others is not harmful. So the best way is to pick it up.
This job requires patience. People who are impatient cannot do this job, such as Zhang Chi.
After tearing down five or six bundles of weeds and not finding a single poison ivy, I felt that my back was sore and my whole body was falling apart.
"I found another one here," Dominic said.
As he spoke, he raised a piece of poison ivy in his hand. The vine was quite long, almost one to two meters long.
Brian said at this time: "Have you noticed that the bales of poison ivy all come out from this side? We have found them on both sides and haven't found one yet."
Not only Brian discovered this problem, Zarick also discovered it: "Well, I discovered it too."
Cannon said slowly at this time: "Even if there is no discovery over there, we still have to continue to dismantle it. We would rather believe that there are two piles over there, and we can't stop dismantling or picking up just because we want to save trouble."
Cannon's meaning is very clear, that is, even if poison ivy is not found in the two piles of hay, everyone still has to practice and continue to remove it. There is nothing to say. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.
As soon as Cannon said this, all the cowboys couldn't help but look bitter. We are all human beings, and such reactions are normal. Who doesn't want to save a little worry and worry.
Originally, Zhang Chi wanted to stand up and run away, but seeing that everyone couldn't leave for a while, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and check the hay bales with everyone here.
This work cannot be completed in a day or two. Nell was walking in a hurry, and all the hay was not processed as quickly as it came. There were at least thirty tons of hay in the entire warehouse.
It takes four or five people to pick up more than 30 tons of grass, which will definitely take some time. What's more, after the poison ivy is dried, it is not much different from pasture, so you have to be careful.
Why there are only three or four people is because other cowboys have to maintain the operation of the ranch, and it is impossible for everyone to come and pick hay.
After struggling for four or five days, everyone finally picked up all the hay. After confirming that it was correct, they had to use a baler to re-bale the hay. After the bundling was completed, they had to be stacked.
Zhang Chi was not collecting hay all the time. In fact, early the next morning, he used the pretext of delivering tofu to his uncle's family and ran away. He did not show up until everyone had finished their work.
In the morning, Zhang Chi went downstairs and found that except for his grandfather and I, everyone else was there, so he asked out of curiosity.
"Why are people so busy today?"
Generally speaking, it is normal for grandpa and dad Zhang Youpeng not to be there. Now the two of them are obsessed with the work of the ranch. If their wives hadn't allowed it, they would have loved to sleep directly in the duty room of the ranch at night.
Zhang Juan and Sun Yanping usually always have one missing person. Now Zhang Juan's riding skills have been practiced well, and there is no problem at all in trotting.
So Zhang Juan's addiction to horse riding naturally got bigger. It was like someone who had just learned to ride a bicycle and wanted to put the bike under his crotch when sleeping.
The same goes for riding a horse, especially when you can gallop on the horse, you can't wait to get off the horse.
Zhang Juan is currently in such a period, so almost as soon as she opens her eyes, she will brush her horse or something, and then ride a horse for a lap. She will not come back for dinner before eight o'clock in the morning.
Sun Yanping couldn't run far. He found that he had gone through the period of horse riding addiction, but even if he didn't have horse riding addiction, he was now addicted to guns.
Zhang Chi's family had guns, and the supply of bullets was also opened because of Melika, so Sun Yanping couldn't find anything to play with. Almost every other day he would go to a simple shooting range to play for half an hour to a
hours of time.
Xiaoxiao is also an unusual person. The friendship he and his friends have built with a translation pen really makes Zhang Chi a little surprised. Moreover, children are really better at learning foreign languages than adults.
Much more.
For example, many times when Zhang Chi speaks English, he has to translate it in his mind, but for children, he doesn't need to. Now Xiaoxiao can easily master many daily applications.
To be honest, Zhang Chi was a little surprised by Xiaoxiao's improvement in English. He learned English much faster than when he first came here. At that time, he had learned English for half a year and still couldn't talk to others.
Now Xiaoxiao is already looking a little bit different.
"I'm just waiting for you. You and your brother-in-law don't leave today," Zhang Juan said to her brother who had just come downstairs.
"What kind of trouble are you making again?" Zhang Chi asked with a smile.
Zhang Juan said: "We are going to take a group of photos."
"What's wrong with me?"
Zhang Chi was surprised. His sister and his wife didn't take photos every day or two. Zhang Chi felt that except for the dung heap at home, they had already taken photos of other places.