Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 380

In the end, it was agreed to adopt the method of small loans in kind, which is more convenient to operate and easy for farmers to understand.

Poultry seedlings are provided to farmers on credit, with a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10.Sign an underwriting agreement with the farmer for breeding poultry eggs, and the farmer uses poultry eggs as the repayment of principal and interest for poultry seedlings.

"I suggest that each chick will cost 20 eggs—" Ye Yuming said.

"It's just for nothing! It's too little." Wu Nanhai felt a bit at a disadvantage. "The chicks we give to farmers are not just hatched chickens, but 18-week-old bred chickens—during this period It takes a lot of manpower and material resources. Moreover, the several types of laying hens brought in, whether they are light-type white-shell hens or medium-sized brown-shell hens, can lay an average of 220 to 280 eggs a year. One chicken They can produce eggs for at least 2 to 3 years. I feel that it is a loss for them to use 50 eggs as poultry seedlings.”

Ye Yuming said: "When we start to promote, we will suffer a little bit. Let's say 20 eggs."

The so-called middle peasants, rich peasants, and small landlords in Lingao all have limited economic capacity, and the frugal and suspicious mentality of the peasants makes this kind of promotion must be able to show sufficient interest temptation at the beginning without making the conditions too good—the peasants also Do not believe.

Wan Lihui also agreed with Ye Yuming's point of view, saying that 50 eggs is actually too much.This annual egg production is achieved under the premise of intensive breeding in poultry farms and sufficient compound feed.In the state of local breeding, because the feed provided by farmers is of a single type and the quantity is generally small, poultry must spend more time in the wild foraging. In this case, the egg production will not be so large, and the loss , the probability of death is also high.

"I think it is very possible that some of the 5-10 chickens died due to various reasons. Although you are studying agriculture, you don't know the suffering of farmers." Wan Lihui said, "In farming in the countryside, one who doesn't If you are careful, you will lose all your money. Of course, a few chickens are nothing to modern people, but to farmers here, I am afraid they are a lot of property.”

Everyone discussed and discussed, and finally accepted Ye Yuming's plan: each hen received 20 eggs as the principal and interest of providing laying hens.The repayment period shall be paid within six months from the date of breeding.

After the principal and interest are paid off, Tiandihui will underwrite all the eggs, and finally buy back the mother machine that cannot lay eggs.Everyone feels that as long as the farmers feed well and there is no unexpected loss, it is obvious to benefit from this plan.

"This is also a good opportunity for us to promote the use of circulation coupons to farmers across the county." Yan Ming said.Over half a year since the issuance of circulation notes, a certain degree of credit has been formed among merchants in the county, but the recognition of this kind of banknotes by farmers is still relatively low.

Pay farmers with banknotes for purchase.Coupled with Dongmen City's policy to stimulate the use of circulation coupons: all stores opened by the Transit Group can enjoy a [-]% discount on shopping using circulation coupons.

It is precisely because farmers do not trust circulation coupons instinctively, so once they have circulation coupons, they will spend them in the market, which can further stimulate circulation, avoid hoarding after paying for metal currency, and truly allow currency to circulate.

"We don't call it promotion, it's just posting backwards." Someone sighed.

"Most countries in the world have subsidies for agriculture, otherwise no one would have farmed the land." Ye Yuming said, "This can be regarded as a disguised agricultural product subsidy policy."

"From the perspective of the present, we will suffer a little loss, but to do this kind of promotion, we must first win the trust of the people." Ye Yuming made a concluding statement, "With trust as the foundation, it will be easier for Tiandi to promote everything in the future. "

The poultry provided to farmers is tentatively only laying hens. Wan Lihui suggested to provide white-shelled laying hens. This kind of light-weight white-shelled laying hens has not been popular in the 21st century, but it is resistant to rough feeding, high conversion rate, and good at feeding. The characteristics of self-foraging are very suitable for free-range farming by farmers.

"Another point is that we need to provide technical services for feed and breeding." Wu Nanhai said, "It's not just about giving chickens to farmers, we have to follow up!"

The problem of feed is particularly important. Free-range farming can greatly reduce the possibility of chicken plague in laying hens, but it is obvious that laying hens raised free-range to farmers in this time and space will not be fed enough feed like farmers in the 21st century.

The compound feed needed by laying hens is particularly particular. According to modern feeding science, there are 39 different nutritional indicators for raising laying hens.It is not only necessary to provide sufficient protein, but also sufficient fiber and calcium.

"The farmers here, I think they are struggling to eat their own food. Do they have the ability to raise chickens? Don't starve the chickens to death."

Raising chickens requires food. In the past, although farmers raised chickens to subsidize their households, the scale was generally small.

Wu Nanhai said: "Even if farmers have enough grain to use, we still need to provide formula feed, especially protein and calcium. This has a great impact on egg production rate. Otherwise, our promotion will be meaningless .”

"How to provide it?"

"For a loan in kind of feed, it is better to repay the loan with eggs."

"If you continue to borrow money one by one, the farmers will be burdened with a series of debts..."

"As long as our feed has the effect of increasing production, we should be happy." Wu Nanhai seems very sure about this, "Farmers used to spend money in the city to buy manure, household garbage, bean cakes and peanut cakes from workshops... …They have a sense of investment, and they know that high investment is necessary for a good harvest. We don’t interfere with ordinary feeds, and specialize in providing formula feeds, mainly supplementing protein and calcium, and adding various foods that are easily insufficient in free-range farming. Nutrients."

Everyone has no objection to this, and it is up to the Council of Agriculture to resolve the details.The lending agency is run by Delong.There is an internal settlement between Tiandihui and Delong.The Finance Committee hopes to quickly implement monetary settlement among various departments to facilitate the improvement of the property system, rather than physical accounts that are difficult to estimate.

As a supporting project, Delong Grain Bank will also launch a small cash loan called "Agricultural Assistance Loan", which is specially issued to farmers to purchase agricultural materials such as formula feed, soil veterinary medicine, and disinfectants.In this way, farmers' production is supported, and at the same time, the circulation area of ​​grain circulation coupons is expanded.

"I have an idea," Ye Yuming put forward a new idea before the meeting ended. "Lingao's iron agricultural tools are in short supply. Not only are the quality low but the price is high, which affects the production level. The metallurgical department will now openly supply the whole county. The demand is still not met, can we give special discounts to the farmers who participate in the Tiandihui? For example, promote new types of farm tools at a cheaper price."

"I think this should be fine." Wu Nanhai nodded, and turned to Dai Xie, the representative of the planning committee.This person was in charge of the distribution of materials on D-Day. After the organization gradually improved, he didn't show up much. He concentrated on the administrative work of the Planning Commission, and was mainly responsible for the approval and review of various major projects. Show up at the construction site.

"How much do you need?"

"The Council of Agriculture wants to expand its agricultural workers and replace some worn-out agricultural tools, plus the promotion of the Tiandihui this time..." Wu Nanhai took out a notebook from his body, "... at least fifty pieces per month." It seems to be Afraid that the planning committee would reject it straight away, "I'd better hand over the damaged farm tools to the planning committee and re-melt them."

Dai Xie said: "The problem is not too big. The current daily steel output of the metallurgical department is enough to support this amount. But if you give it to farmers outside, it will be difficult to recycle. This part of the loss must be taken into account..."

"Do you want to trade the old for the new? Let the farmers return the old ones, subsidize the price difference a little, and we will sell them new ones."

"That's about right." Dai Xie agreed.

"How about we just open an agricultural material store?" Wan Lihui had a whim, and he remembered that people who trade agricultural materials in the countryside are very rich, "New agricultural tools, formula feed, soil pesticides, soil fertilizers, seeds... so many Good stuff, don’t worry about no one coming to buy it.”

Everyone thought this idea was good, so it was decided that Tiandihui would open an agricultural material store in Dongmen City, selling various agricultural material products of the "Tiandihui" brand.Initially, these products will only be supplied to landowners and small farmers participating in the extension program, and will not be exported.

"In addition to iron farm tools and seedlings that cannot be popularized in a short time, formula feed, soil pesticides, and soil fertilizers...should be available soon." Wu Nanhai said.

After the meeting, Yan Ming enthusiastically discussed the price of agricultural materials with Ye Yuming, Dai Xie and others—the "agricultural aid loan" issued was mainly used to purchase these products.When they were arguing about the price, Wu Nanhai rushed back to the farm with Wan Lihui.

Wan Lihui asked Wu Nanhai what this "formula feed" was going to be made of.Wan Lihui knew that the farm's grain storage foundation was not solid.There is not much food that can be used to make feed, and it is nothing more than making ideas from the leftovers of seafood factories: fish bones and fish scales.

Wu Nanhai entered a special warehouse, and when he came out, he brought a wooden box: "This is the main ingredient of my formula feed."

"what is this?!"

"Earthworms." Wu Nanhai smiled, "Have you ever raised them in the countryside?"

"No—" Wan Lihui suddenly realized, "But someone has done it, mainly for professional chicken farmers!"

"Yes, in addition to earthworms, I also plan to raise maggots--I have never done this myself, and I can't find so many culture media. Let's start with simple earthworms."

"You are going to use earthworms as raw materials to make formula feed."

"We also need to add some plant-based raw materials, fish powder, and shell powder, which are all needed by laying hens."

The main feed formula formulated by Wu Nanhai is: dry earthworm powder, fish offal powder, and shell powder.He does not have corn, the most common feed grain, so he can only meet formula feed.

(End of this chapter)