Second Sister Nongmen has space

Chapter 224 Pellet Feed
Along the Huangsha River, the Song family's ten mu of land was shrouded in mist. Most of it was planted with rice. Now it is the time when the flowers are blooming and the ear is coming out, and it is a large green area.

There are a lot of vegetables planted in the corners. Song Zhenping has planted these seeds since he was preparing to take over Tianxianglou, and has been taking care of them every day.

It has been less than two months, and now the growth of Chinese cabbage is gratifying, and the beans, peppers, and eggplants are also blooming under the scorching sun, waiting for a wave of bountiful autumn harvests.

Peanuts and soybean pods are about to mature, and they can be harvested next month.

Song Liyun had a hard time getting a piece of land, so Song Zhenping cheerfully showed her every crop he had grown.

He also whispered that these planting techniques were all learned in "Tianshu", and they are indeed better than those of others. This year, we will also plant some winter wheat, so that next year we can have an extra harvest.

Song Zhenping spent the past ten years working in the fields and could do nothing else. Only when he returned to the land would he have endless things to say.

Xiaoan is now also agile, and he catches the grasshopper and shows it to Song Liyun. The three of them laugh and work while they do.

The rapeseed leaves are withered, and the pods are golden and plump, as if they are about to crack when touched.

Song Zhenping was inexperienced in growing rapeseed for the first time. He was worried that the seeds would not be mature enough, and it was actually a little late to harvest now.

We could only take advantage of the wet morning fog to quickly cut off the rapeseed pods. Everyone worked very carefully, for fear that the full pod shells would explode in the next second.

These rapeseeds are reserved for seeds, and each one is very precious.

By the time the sun rose to the top of the mountain, eighty rapeseed plants had been harvested, and all were spread on a piece of cloth at the edge of the field to dry the last bit of moisture and prepare for threshing.

Taking advantage of this time, Xiaoan and Song Zhenping were not idle, pulling rapeseed stalks, pulling grass in the field, and mowing grass around the field for rabbits and chrysanthemum horses to eat.

Worried that the rabbits and horses will have no grass to eat in winter, Song Zhenping and Xiao An will cut the grass and dry it for storage whenever they are free.

Song Liyun looked at the hardworking brothers and felt happy in her heart. Now there is no shortage of food or money in the family, even if the brothers are idle every day, they can afford to support them.

But no one had the idea of ​​eating and drinking for nothing, especially not asking Song Liyun for money.

Song Zhenping was either working in the field, or helping out in the carton factory, where he was paid.

The same is true for Xiaoan, except that the carton factory is full of hay and ponds. He can't do heavy work, so he goes home to paste cartons to earn money.

Song Liyun feels that this kind of behavior is worth encouraging, and it is everyone's duty to contribute to the family.

Just thinking about how they cut the grass every day is such a waste of time.

Moreover, the hay is piled outside, which is unsafe and unsightly, so it should be stored as pellet feed.

Hay is also needed for fodder.

Thinking of this, Song Liyun walked to the two brothers, rolled up her sleeves and began to help, she planned to do it quickly while she had this idea.

After the sun rose, the rape pods were dried, and the three brothers and sisters pounded out the black brown rapeseed seeds and packed them into bags before returning to Baolinju.

Song Zhenping was busy looking for a place to dry the rapeseed, while Song Liyun went to the carton factory to find Han Ming.

Ever since Song Liyun went to Qili County every day, accompanied by people from the guard, Han Ming stayed at home.

He used to be a slave trained by the master's family according to his duties, and then he became a fugitive slave because of some accidents.

After arriving at Song's house, he had to run around with Song Liyun, but now he finally stopped.

Now that the Song family has a property, there is a place for him to use his skills, so he restarted his management major.

The carton factory used to be managed by the shopkeeper Mu, and the foreman was the meticulous carpenter Mu.

Now the carton factory and the acorn workshop are all managed by Han Ming, who is much more professional than shopkeeper Mu in all aspects.

Shopkeeper Mu has no objections either.

Because house repairs will start after the autumn harvest, wood, masonry, and craftsmen need to be arranged in advance.

The houses of several families had to be moved at the same time, and shopkeeper Mu took care of them all, connecting with one-shot affairs.

As soon as Song Liyun arrived at the carton factory by the river, she saw Han Ming talking to Carpenter Mu. When she saw her arrive, she hurried over and said, "It's just that the girl didn't go out today. Why don't you come and talk about this matter?"

"what's up?"

Song Liyun walked over and looked around.

Yellow-brown grass stalks are still soaked in the big pool of the carton factory. These are made of thick carton boards and need to be retting for a period of time before hammering.

On the open space not far away, there are piles of wheat straw piled up like a mountain, and the waterwheel with the water wheel is constantly rotating and hammering the wood pulp day and night.

Five workers are making paper in the pulp tank, and everyone is busy in an orderly manner.

In the large warehouse next to it, there are stacks of cardboards that are drying.

The carton factory is not far from Baolin Residence, but it took more than a month for Song Liyun to come here after purchasing the straw.

When Mu Carpenter saw Song Liyun approaching, he still smiled naively: "Miss Song."

He does little carpentry work now, and usually supervises the pulp production with the attitude of being a carver.

At this time, he was holding a blue light pole in his hand, with a troubled expression on his face: "Miss Song, you see, this is what Lao Han wants to use to make syrup, and he bought so many."

It turned out that the two were arguing whether these blue straws could be used to make paper.

According to Lao Mu, this kind of stem that has not grown well will not produce pulp, and it will damage a pool of material.

But Han Ming said: "Girl, they have sent them all, so I don't want to reject them.

I'll take this car for only fifty cents.If it really doesn't work, just deduct it from my wages! "

His monthly salary is now more than one or two taels of silver, and it is easy to afford compensation.

Song Liyun took a look at the straw, and couldn't help being happy: "Uncle Mu, Uncle Han, please don't argue, can you tell me where this thing came from first?"

Han Mingdao: "This is sorghum that hasn't grown well on the mountain. The weather is dry this year and there is no rain. The corn and sorghum on the slopes of the mountain are not growing well. They grow and take up land, so farmers cut them to feed livestock. Some people want to sell some of the stalks." Money, pull it over and ask me if I want it, I saw that it was hard, and I thought about it and wanted to try making paper.”

Not every family has large animals, and these sorghum stalks, which are not much thicker than a thumb, can only be used as firewood.

Song Liyun smiled: What is really lacking.

This batch of sorghum is not growing well, the seedlings are weak, and the tassels on it are only finger-length. The farmers simply cut off three or two grains of sorghum to let the land idle.

But this kind of silage should be the best grass powder in the feed.

"Uncle Han, keep these poles, don't make paper, make fodder!"

"What is feed?"

"What is feed?"

Lao Mu and Han Ming asked in unison.

Sorghum stalks and corn stalks are heavy in crude fiber and have a bad taste. Generally, cattle with four stomachs and the ability to ruminate can eat them.

Horses need fine fodder, and things like sorghum leaves and corn leaves can be eaten, but stems are absolutely impossible.

However, it can be made into feed by grinding it into flour and adding other ingredients such as corn meal, grass meal, soybean meal, wheat bran, and bone meal.

Soon, Song Liyun handed over the feed formula to Han Ming, and asked Mu Carpenter to improve the water wheel and add another milling plate.

In addition, it is to carve two more grooved wooden boards like washboards, so that the feed particles can be kneaded after being ground into grass powder.

(End of this chapter)