webnovelfull Chapter 550: The old cow has a lot of shit and urine!
Chapter 550: The old cow has a lot of shit and urine!
In this way, with the efforts of tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of acres of spring corn were harvested in just three days.
The yards of every household in Tangjia Village are also filled with piles of corn cobs.
However, while everyone is happy, there are also some worries. For example, there is indeed a lot of corn this year, but how to dry it in the sun has become a problem.
It was Shen Zhiqiu who taught us how to build a rack in the yard and then put the sticks on it.
In Shen Zhiqiu's words: "If it's not raining or snowing, just leave it there to dry. If it's raining or snowing, cover it with tarpaulin or plastic sheeting.
We will wait until next spring, when the corn has dried, and then thresh it collectively. They have corn threshers anyway.”
After hearing what he said, the villagers felt reassured and no longer worried about the corn getting damp.
But when the people of the Nine Clans heard this, they kept glancing at Shen Youyou intentionally or unintentionally, wondering in their hearts:
"That thresher was developed by Yoyo from their family last year."
Shen Youyou was scanned, but she didn't feel uncomfortable at all, mainly because she was used to it.
That heart is so powerful!
However, what she did before was a manual one, so it could be improved and made into a hydraulic one, which might save more effort to use!
As for the final summary of production, Lord Wei, County Magistrate He, and the agricultural officials were all delighted.
After all, the corn yield in previous years was about 500 to 600 kilograms per acre, which is about 5 shi. The best fields could reach about 6 to 7 shi.
However, Shen Zhiqiu's planting method not only did not cause a reduction in corn production, but also doubled the yield by only calculating the corn yield.
Because according to the records, they harvested all the corn in Tangjia Village.
The corn yield from the most ordinary fields is around 1,000 to 1,200 kilograms.
The yield from top-quality fields can be as high as 1,500 kilograms.
On average, it is around 1,200 kilograms, which is equivalent to a yield of ten stones per mu.
If not doubling the output, what is it?
Moreover, this only calculates the yield of corn, but also the yield of intercropped soybeans.
Fortunately, the weather has been nice these days, with the sun shining brightly. The soybeans harvested on the first day have almost been dried.
After threshing and weighing, it was found that after doubling the corn yield, each acre of land could harvest an additional 200 to 260 kilograms of soybeans.
You know, the county government's records clearly show last year's soybean production and harvest.
The average soybean yield per acre of quality land is 200 kilograms, medium land is 300 kilograms, and top-quality land is 400 kilograms.
That is to say, although the soybean harvest cannot keep up with the output of single-crop soybeans, medium-quality fields and superior fields.
However, this intercropping method not only doubles the corn yield per acre of land, but also harvests one more acre of soybeans from lower-quality fields.
So Lord Wei was very generous. When he took his people back, he gave Shen Zhiqiu a few days off.
You have to know that now, in Old Wei's eyes, Shen Zhiqiu is no longer a subordinate, but a pure gold nugget, a shiny one at that.
As for Shen Zhiqiu himself, he just makes the best of it. If you give me a holiday, I will accept it.
Because he still has a lot of things to do next, such as making part of the corn stalks and soybean stalks into silage and part of them into fertilizer.
Although Shen Mazi and others were watching over these, he still had to give some guidance.
Therefore, even after Lord Wei and his men left, many villagers from other villages did not all return.
Although most people went back to busy themselves with harvesting their own crops, one person stayed behind to learn how to make compost from Shen Zhiqiu and the others.
Not only that, the villager who was able to stay behind was definitely the one with the most thoughtfulness in the family.
Not to mention composting, even when Shen Zhiqiu asked Shen Mazi to lead everyone to make silage fodder, they also learned it.
Even though not every household has livestock, who doesn’t have a dream of buying livestock for their family in their hearts?
Learn it first, so that you can use it if you really buy livestock in the future, right?
Therefore, although most of the workshops have resumed work,
But the fields in Tangjia Village were still bustling with people cheering and horses neighing.
Some people pushed carts of straw with flatbed carts, and some pushed them with wheelbarrows.
Some even use flat sticks to carry it.
Of course, there are also those pulled by animal carts, but everyone has his own way.
But don’t think that it’s just composting and silage.
Because Shen Zhiqiu couldn't bear to see the land lying idle, so he planned to lead the villagers to plant winter wheat.
However, because he did not understand the properties of the seeds in this world, he made it clear to the villagers in advance.
"This is an experiment. I calculated that if we plant winter wheat in late this month, it will be harvested in June. After that, we will plant corn and soybeans, which will be harvested in October.
But I don’t know whether it will be successful or affect next year’s farming, so I suggest that if you want to learn, you can take out two or three acres of land at home to learn.
The rest of the land should be left vacant for the time being, and spring corn and soybeans will be intercropped next year.
I'm not trying to scare you, I just don't know for sure, so I only plan to use 50 acres of land for the experiment."
Although this model was possible in the previous life, the seeds at that time must be different from the seeds now. In addition, this is a parallel world after all.
To be on the safe side, Shen Zhiqiu didn't want the people to follow him blindly, even if it was a year late.
However, to his surprise, although he himself had little confidence, the villagers from Tangjia Village and several surrounding villages who came to learn how to make compost had great confidence in him.
Even though he clearly stated that he was doing an experiment, basically everyone was prepared to give up two or three acres of land to follow him.
He was a little flattered by the whole thing.
Therefore, there are more people plowing the fields, removing clods, and picking corn roots in the fields.
But when it comes to ploughing the land, the old cow is indispensable. Although they also have bicycles to plough the land, there are only a hundred of them in the village.
In order to save time, the old ox and the curved plow were also pulled out.
As the saying goes: An old cow will poop and pee a lot!
It may be because of the addition of sweet potatoes, corn residue and other spices.
Because the starch workshop makes starch every day, the leftover residue is dried and used as feed.
Normally it is used to feed chickens, ducks and geese. In the past two days, the old cow has to work hard, so we use it to improve their food.
So when the oxen were ready, the strong men took the plow handles and began to plow.
The cows puffed forward, plowing the fresh soil, which immediately emitted a refreshing fragrance!
After plowing a field, if the ground is not wet, it will be harrowed next.
Harrowing the ground is a very technical job, and it is done by experienced people who use livestock.
Several mules and horses were harnessed together, pulling the harrow together.
A man stood on it, holding the rake rope with one hand and the whip with the other.
He shouted "Oh Yude" in his mouth,
Either horizontally or diagonally, there are more corn root knots and corn tassels under the rake.
The strong laborers stepped on the front harrow lining with their front feet and lifted their hind feet slightly. When they lifted the hind harrow lining, these things were dropped.
If you want to keep the land for spring planting, use a flat rake to level it.
When harrowing the land, there were a lot of clods on the ground, so the villagers used farm tools to break the clods into pieces.