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Chapter 240: The Great Drought in Shandong (5)

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"Today, we have many families and series of bighorn sheep," Jin Kela, vice president of Nantie Company, former executive member of the Central Committee, and founder of the Ministry of Agriculture, looked at a group of gray sheep and said slowly: "If this new breed of sheep is carefully divided, it should be a semi-fine wool sheep that uses both wool meat. Because it was bred from the breeding station of Xiangshan Township, Zhenhai County, I think it is called Xiangshan Goat, and it is named after its origin. The previous naming method has to be changed. The cultivated sheep is also called Bighorn Sheep, and the goat is also called Bighorn Sheep, which is too unscientific."

The fragrant goats in Jinkela's mouth are currently one of the most widely distributed sheep breeds in China. In addition to large-scale breeding in state-owned ranches, many people also took them back to raise them. The adult rams weigh between 50-90 kg and shearing 5-12 kg; the adult ewes is about 40 kg and shearing 3-6 kg. The wool produced is semi-fine, generally white, with hair length about 12 cm, and an average net hair rate of 55%. They can be used to make fine wool wool, with a lambing rate of 110%, and their survival rate is generally around 75%. It can be seen that this sheep is a relatively successful breeder, and it is genetically stable. It is worth taking it as the father's foundation and the mother's foundation to continue digging.

In addition to the so-called fragrant goats, the famous sheep bred on the east bank in recent years are Heihe sheep and Wujiang sheep. These two sheep are cultivated at the breeding station of Dongfang County Ranch Township. The time points of cultivation are on the eve of the east bank's decision to develop the northwest inland (the area through which the Heihe River flows) and the Wujiang River basin, so they are named.

Let’s talk about the Heihe Sheep first. This kind of sheep is first crossed with a native La Plata sheep. The first generation of ewes is then backcrossed with a bighorn sheep, and the offspring is ideally cross-crossed. The weight and hair yield are slightly inferior to those of the bighorn sheep, but the net wool rate is relatively high, and the hair also has large and medium bending characteristics, which are suitable for knitting. The lambing rate is 120%, and the survival rate is about 80%.

Finally, there is a new Wujiang sheep that has not been released for a long time. As the name suggests, this sheep is a new breed cultivated to develop the Wujiang basin. It was once stocked in the Milin Lake basin for a long time and looks pretty good. This sheep is very suitable for low-lying and humid areas, with strong disease resistance. Adult rams weigh 55-75 kg and shearing volume is 55-95 kg; ewes weigh 40-55 kg and shearing volume is 3-5 kg. The wool produced by this sheep is generally light yellow, with large curves, and has the oil sweat properties that wool is commonly found in this era. The net wool rate is 65%-70%. It is mainly used for textile wool and making coat woolen materials. The lambing rate is about 130%.

In addition to these three kinds of sheep, the East Coast has also tried its best to introduce some meat sheep and goats from all over the country, but their number is still very small and far from being a climate. However, with the gradual improvement of living standards on the East Coast and the gradual increase in the consumption capacity of the people, the demand for the mutton market will definitely become larger and larger. By that time, the spring of meat sheep will also come.

"Didn't the Ministry of Agriculture determine that Wujiang sheep is more suitable for the environment in the Wujiang River Basin? I think it's the same." Liao Xiaoyao, the commander of the Wujiang Regional Security Bureau, turned over from a war horse, grabbed a bleating little lamb, and said with a smile: "Although the wool of Wujiang sheep is a bit thick, it is good to make thick wool coats. If it really doesn't work, it can be used to build military blankets. We people on the East Coast are not those poor and care about the old continent nobles. We can keep warm and will not pay too much attention to other things."

Liao Xiaoyao is telling the truth. Given that the war has ended and the army's military expenditure has been accumulated by the navy, the plan formulated by the Army Department to add a woolen coat to all soldiers (including militias) faces huge budget pressure. If these coats and some other woolen fabrics (such as military blankets, etc.) can be made from cheap wool, it will undoubtedly be warmly welcomed by the Army Department.

However, it is also a very dangerous thing to develop the wool textile industry, because it involves the interests of many countries, such as the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands. Among these three countries, Spain is a pure raw material exporter, that is, they only export wool raw materials and basically have no molded wool textile industry. As for the woolen they need, they were partly provided by Italy and partly provided by the Dutch. If Spain is the bottom of the industrial chain, then the Netherlands is the pure upstream of the industrial chain, and they produce very little wool, so they import a large amount of foreign wool (from Spain) and semi-finished woolen (from England), and then use their powerful supply and marketing network to sell it to make money.

The Dutch made more than a hundred years of money using this model, but since the British realized that they wanted to develop their own woolen industry and stopped exporting their wool and semi-finished woolen, the Dutch's business has been greatly affected, and this is actually one of the many factors that have led to their increasingly deteriorating relations with the UK.

The situation of the woolen market is now so tense. If the East Coast people dig in without hesitation and use their technical differences in textiles and dyeing to compete with the British and Dutch people, only God knows what will happen - maybe it is a war. Therefore, if the East Coast people only engage in some small-scale wool textile industry and only sell the various woolen products they produce in the local and part of the New World, then these two countries can tolerate it; if the East Coast people do not know each other, they must go to the European market to compete with them for food, and the two countries that have been cut off from their financial paths may not take decisive measures on the East Coast. The Executive Committee also has a clear understanding of this point. The current market of woolen products on the East Coast (mainly produced by the Dayuhe Machine Textile Factory) is mainly in China, La Plata, Chile, and basically does not threaten the interests of the British and the Dutch.

"Let's take a look first." Jinkola stood up and put down the sheep in her hand, saying: "The Nantik Corporation intends to establish a breeding farm in the South Patagonia area, and is also preparing to vigorously develop the sheep farming industry there to export wool and frozen meat. I think the environment there is quite suitable. Heihe sheep have the blood of local sheep and should be able to adapt to the climate of the Xingnan River area well. In that place, sheep will not be raised in captivity, and it will be enough to raise one sheep in one hectare area. The environmental pressure is very small. As for the rich precipitation and lush vegetation, it should be no big problem to raise more Wujiang sheep. However, the environment there is also very suitable for the growth of North American bison, musk ox, reindeer, and moose. If you were not afraid of too many foreign species destroying the balance of the local food chain, the introduction of these animals would have been on a large scale, and it would not be closed on an uninhabited island."

"I'm afraid that the food chain of hair is balanced." Liao Xiaoyao curled his lips when he heard this and said disapprovingly: "Isn't it because the southern cone area lacks large carnivorous beasts, so I'm afraid that these animals will become flooded? In fact, it doesn't matter. We humans can fill the gap here. Those bisons, musk oxes, mooses and so on will never flood."

"Haha, maybe." Jinkola touched her slightly bald head, smiled and said, "The breeding of sheep is well carried out, but we are not working hard enough in dog breeding. Not only is the project late, but the investment is not enough. With the rise of animal husbandry, the demand for working dogs such as sheepdogs is getting bigger and bigger. In addition, the mines and farms also proposed that we need to hunt down fugitive slaves and find dogs for indigenous settlements. These require us to calm down and cultivate them well. This is also an important task, which is related to the development in the future many years."

Jinkola returned to the local area from Xingnan Port this time, mainly to build another batch of agricultural production materials for the Nantie Company, including agricultural machinery, tools, seeds, livestock and other things. Of course, Nantie Company purchased it at a cost price. The agricultural conditions in the South Patagonia region are so unique, so everything must be prepared before development.

However, when it comes to local agricultural conditions, I believe that the Wujiang area is basically the second best place except the Yazi Lake basin. This place has a temperate marine climate and is rich in precipitation. It is difficult to fall below minus five degrees in winter and above 35c in summer. It is also fertile plain land, which can almost be considered a granary for gods.

There are currently four settlements in the Wujiang River Basin. In addition to the three around Jingjiang Fort, there is also a stronghold that was seized from the Spanish - Yong'an Port, which is where Liao Xiaoyao and Jinkola are now. There are currently more than 1,500 residents in this stronghold, of which more than 400 are Spanish, that is, the militia and their families of the Spanish Esmerada Post that surrendered to the East Coast Army as a whole. When the war broke out between the East Coast and Spain broke out, they "transferred" the outpost to the East Coast Army, and then "maintained neutrality". During the war, they decided to "accompany the East Coast nationality". Therefore, the Executive Committee decided to let them stay in their place, and at the same time, a group of citizens were moved from the old settlement to live with them.

After the new immigrants come, a considerable number of Livornians will be moved here to enrich the population here, develop local productivity and improve economic levels. In the next two or three years, about ten settlements will be built in the Wujiang River Basin, which is the foundation of three to four counties. If the government still has enough financial resources in the future, it will not be a big problem to build the Northwest Railway from Tieling Fort to the bank of Wujiang River, and it will run through the entire east coast prairie.

At that time, the various machinery and special steel produced by Tieling Fort no longer had to compete for limited railway transportation capacity with other materials (the Northwest Railway has not yet been re-lined and cannot fully release its transportation capacity), but instead transported the materials directly to the port on the Wujiang River and then shipped to other areas through the sea. Of course, such a beautiful picture may be difficult to see in recent years. After all, the huge investment required for railway construction has not yet been settled, and the development of the Wujiang River Basin is also somewhat lagging, and these all take time to settle.

"I'm afraid that the food chain of hair is balanced." Liao Xiaoyao curled his lips when he heard this and said disapprovingly: "Isn't it because the southern cone area lacks large carnivorous beasts, so I'm afraid that these animals will become flooded? In fact, it doesn't matter. We humans can fill the gap here. Those bisons, musk oxes, mooses and so on will never flood."

"Haha, maybe." Jinkola touched her slightly bald head, smiled and said, "The breeding of sheep is well carried out, but we are not working hard enough in dog breeding. Not only is the project late, but the investment is not enough. With the rise of animal husbandry, the demand for working dogs such as sheepdogs is getting bigger and bigger. In addition, the mines and farms also proposed that we need to hunt down fugitive slaves and find dogs for indigenous settlements. These require us to calm down and cultivate them well. This is also an important task, which is related to the development in the future many years."

Jinkola returned to the local area from Xingnan Port this time mainly to build another batch of agricultural production materials for Nantie Company, including agricultural machinery, tools, seeds, livestock and other things - of course, Nantie Company purchased it at a cost price.

However, when it comes to local agricultural conditions, I believe that the Wujiang area is basically the second best place except the Yazi Lake basin. This place has a temperate marine climate and is rich in precipitation. It is difficult to fall below minus five degrees in winter and above 35c in summer. It is also fertile plain land, which can almost be considered a granary for gods.

There are currently four settlements in the Wujiang River Basin. In addition to the three around Jingjiang Fort, there is also a stronghold that was seized from the Spanish - Yong'an Port, which is where Liao Xiaoyao and Jinkola are now. There are currently more than 1,500 residents in this stronghold, of which more than 400 are Spanish, that is, the militia and their families of the Spanish Esmerada Post that surrendered to the East Coast Army as a whole. When the war broke out between the East Coast and Spain broke out, they "transferred" the outpost to the East Coast Army, and then "maintained neutrality". During the war, they decided to "accompany the East Coast nationality". Therefore, the Executive Committee decided to let them stay in their place, and at the same time, a group of citizens were moved from the old settlement to live with them.

At that time, the various machinery and special steel produced by Tieling Fort no longer had to compete for limited railway transportation capacity with other materials (the Northwest Railway has not yet been re-lined and cannot fully release its transportation capacity), but instead transported the materials directly to the port on the Wujiang River and then shipped to other areas through the sea. Of course, such a beautiful picture may be difficult to see in recent years. After all, the huge investment required for railway construction has not yet been settled, and the development of the Wujiang River Basin is also somewhat lagging, and these all take time to settle.

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