Traveling through the farmhouse: farming and making a fortune and raising cubs

Lin He and Chuntao walked around the foot of the mountain. They visited several households where chicks were first hatched.

Lin He wanted the chicks to have a high survival rate, so naturally he would visit the chicks every now and then.

Others only thought that Lin He valued these chicks, but they didn't know that Lin He was just innocent and wanted to give the chicks a little spiritual energy.

Of course, if you say this, you do take it seriously.

The two of them walked around the foot of the mountain, took a passing ox cart, and went to the chicken pen together.

Many people who got the news rushed to the chicken pen with half-sized chickens. This was convenient for Lin He. He could just look here instead of running around.

While others were busy, Lin He took Chuntao around the breeding area.

The chicken pen and the rabbit house are next to each other, and even the places where they rest are next to each other.

The pigsty is on the other side, close to the hillside where the cattle are raised. The construction of the pigsty is slower. After all, the foundation needs to be laid and the manure pit needs to be dug. The area is not small. The first floor has only been built at this time.

However, you can already start looking for people to reserve piglets. Book in advance and leave some sows uncastrated. When the time comes to raise a breeding pig, you can breed it at home instead of going to other people's homes to buy piglets.

Mainly trouble.

According to Lin He's presets, it would be no problem to raise four to five hundred pigs in their pigsty.

At that time, let alone killing one pig every two or three days, even if you kill one pig a day, you will be able to eat the best pork all year round.

Of course, the prerequisite is that they are raised first, which will have to wait at least a year.

Without feed for fattening, pigs grow slowly. This kind of native black pig grows even slower due to its firm meat and rich meat aroma.

Thinking of this, Lin He stared at the pig pen thoughtfully: "Chuntao, I forgot to ask before, the princess is in the city, is there a restaurant?"

If there was a restaurant here, it would be a good idea to feed the pigs with swill.

As for heavy oil, heavy salt, and heavy metals, haha, I really thought it was like the severely polluted modern society in my previous life. Few people could eat heavy oil, heavy salt, and they wanted to feed pigs to eat these.

"Yes, the princess seems to have two restaurants in the capital. I heard that the business has been very good. Madam, do you want to feed the pigs with swill? I heard that many people go to the city to collect swill to feed the pigs, and some people compete for this. They all started fighting."

Feeding pigs with swill is not a secret, Chuntao naturally knows.

"Yes, I'll talk to Jinrong next time. It's best to contact a few tofu shops, breweries, etc. If you raise all the pigsty in such a big pen, there will be a lot of food."

It was impossible to feed grains to pigs. If she fed those grains to pigs, she would probably have her spine broken, even if she grew them herself.

But if there are too many pigs, feeding the pigs is the biggest trouble. No, not only the sweet potato vines that were cut before were chopped and dried, and then stored to be fed to the pigs, even the sweet potato stalks were not willing to be thrown away. Dried.

Although it looks like dry grass when dried, add water and mix it with wheat bran, vegetable leaves, etc. It is very good for feeding pigs.

Not only the sweet potato leaves, but also the distiller's grains for wine making, Lin He had prepared them in advance and dried them and stored them to feed the pigs later.

With more than 1000 acres of sweet potatoes, there will surely be no shortage of rations to feed the pigs for a while.

More than 1000 acres...

Lin He calculated in his heart.

Now there are more than 2000 acres, [-] acres are planted with herbs, and there are nearly [-] acres left. Chickens and pigs are raised, and less than [-] acres are used. For these [-] acres, it is nothing.Even if you raise [-] pigs, that is to say, on average, one pig is raised on four acres of land. Calculated this way, there does not seem to be a shortage of pig food.

However, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, etc. also need to be fed. If you add hundreds of acres of sweet potatoes specially planted, plus swill, distiller's grains, bean dregs, etc., it should not be much different.

After calculating clearly, Lin He felt relieved. It seemed that he could still raise five hundred pigs.

Of course, it is unlikely that we will be able to raise [-] piglets in the short term. By then, we will have to raise at least a dozen sows. Otherwise, we will buy them all from the surrounding farmers. How can others buy them?

Self-produced and sold is the best.

"Madam, are rabbits really just kept in the ground like this? Rabbits can dig holes. What should I do if they run away?"

While Lin He was calculating in his mind, Chuntao tugged on Lin He's sleeve and looked at the rabbit house with some worry.

The rabbit house is very simple, just an ordinary straw shed. However, to prevent rain and moisture, two layers of bamboo are spread across the ground. The bamboo is directly divided into two, and then buckled on the ground and spread side by side.

There are two layers of bamboo, and a lot of hay is thrown on top. Not only can it be eaten, but it can also be used as a nest.

The top is a simple straw shed, and the chicken coop next to it is similar, except that it has more chicken nests than rabbits for laying eggs, and there are many bamboo poles for growth.

After all, many chickens sleep directly on tree stumps, which saves space.

The same thing is that the chicken coop and rabbit coop are directly enclosed in a piece of land. Drought-resistant grass seeds have been sown before, and now they have grown some, green and beautiful.

In addition, there is a specially designated open space next to the chicken pen, about four or five acres, which is about the same size as the chicken pen.

This is for future use.

Chickens are very destructive, especially chicken manure, which is corrosive to a certain extent. Over time, the place where chickens are raised will become barren of grass.

But fermented chicken manure is also very good manure.

Anyway, the area is so large, so Lin He plans to change it every six months. The place where chickens were raised before will be plowed again to allow the chicken manure to ferment, and he can also plant a short-term crop of grain, cabbage, radish, etc.

But Chuntao didn't care about this. What Chuntao was worried about was that the rabbit was surrounded by a fence made of ordinary bamboo. Whether the rabbit chewed the fence or dug a hole directly in the ground, he could easily escape.

It wouldn't be worth it if it ran away.

She hasn't even raised one yet, but Chuntao is already starting to feel worried.

Lin He didn't care: "It's okay, it won't run away. There will be some stones reinforced inside and outside the fence to prevent the rabbit from escaping easily."

Of course, in fact, laying stones is just a cover.

What really allowed Rabbit not to leave was Lin He's spiritual power.

After she uses her spiritual power to warm them up, the rabbits will become more docile. Plus, with ready-made food available every day, no one will want to escape the goose.

Lin He comforted Chuntao a few times, then asked about another matter.

"Chuntao, did you say before that there is a Li Ji Spicy Rabbit Head? Their family also raises their own rabbits?"

Chuntao pointed in a direction: "Yes, it doesn't seem to be far from our place. It will take about half an hour to get there." (End of Chapter)