industrial lord

Chapter 87 New Farming Methods
The negotiation on the distribution of seeds in Chestnut Village was over, the village chiefs dispersed, and soon someone came to report the results to Frederick.

Frederick shook his head helplessly, and meowed. It is really conceivable that the quota is allocated by the football match between the villages.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this was not bad, it was much better than cutting each other with knives, so he approved it.

In this way, the first and longest cup "Wheat Ear Cup" in the history of world football kicked off in the summer of 1025.

After a small episode, Frederick asked Mathias: "How much do you think the maximum yield of wheat can reach?"

Mathias ate the ice cream and said, "I heard that the Gaul Kingdom once had a high yield of [-] kilograms per hectare, but it only happened once."

"The climate, land, and wheat varieties in the northern plains are all good, and the weight of the wheat is kept around 1100 kilograms all year round. Unfortunately, the wheat is not suitable for us."

"I have made an estimate. If the fertilizer is particularly sufficient and the wheat seeds are continuously optimized, it can reach [-] kilograms."

Frederick nodded slightly. He vaguely remembered that the highest yield of wheat under the action of chemical fertilizers in his hometown was 9 tons per hectare.

"Let's take it step by step." He said, "First strive to stabilize at around [-] kilograms."

Mathias continued: "Elizabeth potatoes are ready to be harvested. I estimate that there are about [-] kilograms per hectare."

"But it has a lot of water, only 20% dry matter, but it's not bad."

"I did a post-enhancement for a few trees, and the yield was higher, almost doubled."

Frederick's eyes lit up, which is a good thing, but he said worriedly: "I'm afraid the land is not fertile enough."

The chemical fertilizers have not been ordered yet, and there is not enough soil fertilizer.

"It is indeed a problem." Mathias nodded and said, "But there is good news."

"I did experiments and strengthened the root nodule microorganisms on the root system of milk vetch and pea, so that their root nodules increased many times!"

"Really?!" Frederick was overjoyed. Although it is not as good as chemical fertilizer, it is still a good method.

Mathias said proudly: "I did a comparative experiment."

"I have prepared ten large water tanks, and the soil in them has been killed by pressure cookers and manuai."

"Sown milk vetch and pea seeds are washed in soapy water before planting to make sure there are no microbes on it."

"The seeds are planted directly in the first water tank, the seeds in the second water tank are mixed with ordinary root nodule powder, and the seeds in the third to fifth water tanks are enhanced with different strengths of magic root nodule powder Seed dressing."

"In the end, the root system of milk vetch and pea in the first tank has no nodules, and they are very thin. The root system in the second tank is the same as the ordinary ones. The roots in the next three tanks have more roots."

"However, there are some problems. The pea leaves with the most nodules grow too lushly, and they don't bloom when they should bloom."

"The purple vetch is better and grows more luxuriantly, but the flowering period is delayed by half a month."

After thinking about it for a while, Frederick realized that the nitrogen fertilizer provided by the rhizobia was too much.

He said: "This technology is mainly used on milk vetch. At the same time, you can try to add fertilizer after snowmelt to promote flowering."

"It's fine to use a slightly fortified one on the beans, which are mostly long beans."

"I think so too." Mathias nodded and said, "Principal, I suggest changing the current crop rotation method."

Frederick didn't answer directly, but asked, "Tell me how to do it?"

Mathias put down the scraped ice cream bowl, poured himself and the headmaster a cup of tea, and took the time to organize his thoughts and organize his words.

"That's my plan." He said, "Divide the land into the main field and the auxiliary field. The auxiliary field is used to grow vegetables and can also be used to build greenhouses. The main field is the field where the main crops are grown."

"In the main field, wheat is planted in autumn in the first year, sweet radishes are planted after harvesting, milk vetch is planted after harvesting sweet radishes in the second year, spring wheat is planted in April after harvesting milk vetch at the end of March in the third year, and the field is fertilized in April, and spring wheat is planted in late July. Plant oats after harvesting wheat, plant soybeans after harvesting oats in the fourth year, plant milk vetch after harvesting soybeans in September, plant Eliza white potatoes in the fifth year, continue planting milk vetch after harvest, and plant a season of soybeans in the spring of the sixth year , sow wheat in the fall as in the first year."

"In this six-year cycle, there are two crops of wheat and one crop of Elizabeth potatoes for staple food, two crops of soybeans for oil crops, one crop of oats for livestock feed, three crops of milk vetch, and one crop of sweet radish. If sweet radish can be used to make sugar, it will be one crop. sugar crops."

While listening, Frederick laid out the sequence of crops on a plate with snacks.

After Mathias finished speaking, he smiled and said, "How dare you use oats as feed, and many people still rely on it to survive."

"Six-year three-season staple food is better than three-year one-season staple food, which is good."

"The soybean meal left after soybean oil extraction is a good livestock feed, and it is no problem to mix it with bread."

“With soymeal plus feed crops, we can raise more livestock and get more compost on the fields, which is nice.”

"Okay, you are in charge of arranging this."

Except for potatoes and spring wheat, the planting techniques for other crops are already mature, and it is not a problem to adjust the planting order. Those two crops will not be planted until a few years later, which is enough time for breeding and familiarization.

There is another problem with the promotion of the new farming method. The land of Weisen’s tenant farmers is divided according to the three-field system. Each household’s field is divided into three parts. This needs to be considered. Crops are harvested every year, or all the land is concentrated to improve efficiency.

Frederick thought about it for a long time, and decided to focus on stability. Dividing it into six parts and implementing it gradually can improve the error tolerance rate and allow farmers enough time to accept it.

Then he asked again: "Isn't it important to grow vegetables in the side field? I want to start growing flax, especially oil-bearing flax."

In the past, Wesson didn't grow flax, and it could be bought cheaply, but now the printing ink needs to use linseed oil, so it's better to grow some.

Mathias nodded and replied: "It's no problem, it's not difficult."

Frederick pinched his chin and said in thought, "Now I have money here, you can discuss with Monofello and introduce high-yield crops and livestock from all over the place."

Finally, he said with a smile: "There will be so much feed in the future, we can't let us eat it by ourselves."

Mathias also laughed, full of complacency in his smile.

He learned magic for the sake of learning the art of literature and martial arts and the emperor's family, but he accidentally learned a partial subject, thinking that being a scholar would be like this for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect to turn around now. Unprecedented success.

(End of this chapter)