I collect gold fingers in the heavens

Chapter 81 Old Xu, do you want a wife or not?

Wu Siyuan thought about it, relying solely on raising horses is a very fragile economic production activity in this era.

Only by carrying out diversified business development can we have a broader and more stable future.

Of course, even for diversified development, there should be a foothold.

And Wu Siyuan's foothold for Chilechuan Ranch is animal husbandry.

Of course, it is not just raising horses, but expanding to raising chickens, cattle, and pigs to carry out large-scale farming, rather than the free-range farming of the small-scale peasant economy model like now!

It can't be a big climate!
But breeding requires conditions!

Among other things, the most basic feed must be solved!
They don't even have anything to eat, and they have to starve to death!
But basically all the pastures in the Chilechuan Ranch are occupied by horses.

As I said before, one horse can only be raised on ten acres of grassland, and this is not counting the situation of concentrated feed such as soybean meal and corn.

Where is there spare land for other livestock?
Wu Siyuan used the Golden Finger [Shennongjiao Space] to optimize the sheepgrass, and the increased yield pasture, it is no problem to raise the horses to be fat and strong, but if you want to do other things, you will be powerless!

But the yield of Leymus chinensis is not good, isn't there other high-yielding grass?

In his [Shennong Corner Space], Wu Siyuan accidentally found a pack of herb seeds that are famous in later generations, which is alfalfa known as the [King of Grass]!

Alfalfa is a perennial herbaceous plant of leguminous family. The general life span is 5-10 years, and the highest one can reach 25 years.

It has a well-developed root system, a straight root system, a thick and long main root, and a depth of 3-6 meters in the soil, up to 10 meters. There are many nodules on the lateral roots. The junction between the upper end of the root and the stem is a rhizome.

The seeds are small, kidney-shaped, yellowish-brown, and the newly harvested seeds are shiny. The thousand-grain weight is 2.33 grams, and there are about 21 seeds per catty!
Biologically, alfalfa is an insect-borne cross-pollinated plant that likes warm and semi-arid climates.It has strong cold resistance and can withstand low temperatures of -20 degrees. Because of the deep root system, it is also very drought resistant, which is very suitable for the current environment of the Chilechuan pasture.

However, it requires effort to cultivate, because alfalfa seeds are small, so it needs to be carefully prepared before sowing, deep plowing and fine raking, and soil moisture should be kept. Farmyard manure and phosphorus fertilizer should be used as base fertilizer in barren soil to facilitate root nodules. form.

If it is cultivated on soil that has never been planted with alfalfa and inoculated with rhizobia agents, it will have a good yield increase effect.

Alfalfa seedlings are short and vulnerable to weeds, so they should be weeded in time.

Alfalfa consumes a lot of water, so in the dry season, irrigation can greatly increase yield.Irrigation in early spring and irrigation after each cutting can significantly improve alfalfa yield.

Although it is relatively troublesome to plant, alfalfa fresh grass and hay are excellent forages for beef and milk cattle. They have high nutritional value, good palatability, and are easy to digest. All kinds of livestock are very fond of eating them.

When mowed at the early flowering stage, the crude protein content of hay can reach 17%.

在干旱地区无灌溉条件，每年可刈割2－3次，有灌溉条件或降水多时可刈割3－7次。在灌溉条件下每亩可产干草800－1000公斤或产种子40－50公斤，产量可谓惊人。

You know, the hay yield of Leymus chinensis per mu is only 200-300 kg.

This is still ideal.

The yield of alfalfa is more than 5 times that of chinensis.

This means that, without considering other conditions, the same alfalfa pasture land can raise 5 times as many horses as the current Chilechuan pasture.

This 5 times gap really leaves too much room for imagination.

And this is still not the result of [Shennongjiao Space] seed optimization!

If it is optimized, after 6% of Yizhi, there will be a yield gap of more than [-] times!
Wu Siyuan just recalled the various data of alfalfa, and then without hesitation shoveled the pieces of Leymus chinensis under the fruit tree in [Shennongjiao Space], not leaving a single one, and gave them to [Shennongjiao Space] to decompose For nourishment, and then all planted with alfalfa.

Alfalfa still needs intensive cultivation. Even though [Shennongjiao Space] is blessed, some places still have to be worked hard by hand.

In this way, Wu Siyuan kept horses on the mountain during the day to guard against wolves, and at night he entered the [Shennongjiao Space] to be busy with orchards and alfalfa.

The busy time flies so fast, it seems that it doesn't matter if there is no mobile phone or the Internet.

1966 passed quickly, and Wu Siyuan gradually got used to this new rhythm of life.

After the alfalfa is planted, the flowering period is from May to July, and the maturity period is from June to August.

[Shennongjiao Space] The four seasons are like spring, so naturally we cannot generalize.

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 the hay is 18750 kilograms.

But Wu Siyuan didn't take it out like before.

Because the outside revolution is in full swing at this time, conditions do not allow it.

Wu Siyuan continues to follow the herdsmen to graze on the mountain and grow alfalfa in [Shennongjiao Space]!

Those rebels knew that life on the mountain was hard, and no one wanted to come over to replace Wu Siyuan!

So Wu Siyuan's life has been very peaceful!

The years flow!

In 1968, Wu Siyuan harvested more than 600 kilograms of alfalfa seeds and nearly [-] kilograms of hay.

From 1969, 1970, 1971, 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 disappear without anyone noticing.

And these alfalfa seeds, which can benefit [-]% of the plant, are properly stored in the fresh-keeping area of ​​[Shennongjiao Space], waiting to play a key role in the future.

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In 1972, Xu Lingjun, who was possessed by Wu Siyuan, was 35 years old, and it has been 10 years since his soul traveled through this world.

[Shennongjiao Space] is also in this world, and has accumulated strength for ten years.

Wu Siyuan knew that in a few years, [Shennongjiao Space] would usher in its fifth upgrade.

I don't know what kind of skills this upgrade will bring to him?Wu Siyuan was looking forward to it.

Today, noon.

Wu Siyuan was sitting by the clay stove cooking lunch.

Guo Tunzi broke in suddenly, and asked Wu Siyuan, "Old Xu, do you want a wife?"

Wu Siyuan froze for a moment, this familiar line...

Before he could speak, Guo Yuzi said again, "Hey, if you want a wife, as long as you open Jinkou, I'll bring it to you later!"

Wu Siyuan smiled wryly, he still came after all!
As embarrassing as it is, this is reality.

In the past few years, the Land of Abundance has made it impossible to even eat sweet potatoes, and a large number of hungry farmers had to leave.

It's easier for the girls to find a random partner in other places and marry them.As long as there is a girl in a village who has a family in another place, she will support her sisters and sisters in her hometown one by one.

In this way, strings of girls left Bashan Shushui with their poor little burdens, broke through Yangping Pass, crossed Qinling Mountains, and went through countless long and short tunnels to Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia. , Go to Xinjiang to run their future.

If the family can afford money, they buy a ticket, and if they don't have money, they sneak on the train from station to station.

Their small bags only contain a few patched clothes, a small round mirror and a wooden comb. With these equipments, they bet their beautiful youth on the casino of life.

They may win happiness, or they may lose everything...

　Thanks to "Blue Sky Shadow" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)