Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 383 Pig and Cow

The farm has two pairs of Landrace pigs and a pair of Northeast Min pigs as initial breeding pigs.To expand the pig herd, it is not enough to rely on the foreign female parent that comes with it - it is too wasteful of the precious blood of the boar.A sow can only produce two litters a year, while a boar can breed 20 to 30 sows a year, and artificial insemination can breed nearly a thousand sows a year.

Therefore, he deliberately collected the most representative local fine-bred pig Lingao pig as the female parent, and rapidly expanded the population by artificial insemination.The local pig farming industry is fairly developed, and every household in the farm raises pigs. Unfortunately, the breeding level is too poor. According to modern animal husbandry standards, they are all malnourished. Yang Baogui managed to buy a dozen or so decent sows for breeding.In addition, more than ten sow piglets were carefully selected and raised to be used as female parents for reproduction.

Because Xiong Buyou talked about protecting the purebred Lingao pigs all day long——Xiong Buyou was always filled with righteous indignation every time he mentioned that the Lingao Animal Husbandry Station had hybridized the purebred Lingao pigs.Yang Baogui bought a few shelf pigs from farmers for fattening and breeding, but found that Lingao pigs are not a breed suitable for large-scale production in modern agriculture—its growth period is too long, and its weight gain is unheard of.He asked the local people to know that it takes 200 months to fatten a 24-jin pig before it can be slaughtered.Compared with modern pigs, it is not economical to keep a herd for only one year.

"It's understandable that the Lingao Animal Husbandry Bureau turned Lingao pigs into hybrid breeds. Otherwise, how could they satisfy such a large number of exports?"

"You're also turning Lingao pigs into hybrids now."

"I still have a few purebreds - I keep a few breeding stock of each breed. It's important to keep the original breed."

Most of the new rows of pens on the farm were empty.Lingao is not very cold in winter, but summer is relatively hot and humid, with a lot of rain and typhoons, so Yang Baogui chose a single-slope open pigsty when he presided over the construction of the farm, which is good for ventilation and heat dissipation.Moreover, the materials used in the pigsty are quite exquisite, and the ground is all smoothed with cement.The entire pigsty strives to be strong, able to withstand strong winds, and has good rainproof performance.

"Typhoons in summer are no joke," Yang Baogui said. "Greedy now makes it cheap, and if the pigpen collapses and kills the pigs, it will be lost."

Wu Nanhai noticed that there was a large piece of land surrounded by a strong bamboo fence near the pigsty, the soil was turned up in a mess, and there were several black muddy ponds.

"This is a pig's stadium," Yang Baogui said. "Although we don't raise running pigs, moderate exercise can help them increase their appetite, and the muddy pond is also their favorite thing to play in—it can also prevent diseases."

Around the pigsty and the playground, many plants have been planted, including windbreak saplings, pumpkins are planted on the wall of the pigsty, and zucchini are planted on a shelf above the open-air fence of the pigsty.Not only can it shade and cool the pigsty, but it can also be used to supplement feed.

"The life of this pig is really happy. The surrounding environment is also good."

"Of course, animals also have psychological pressure. Don't think that pigs like a dirty and smelly environment. Only when they live happily can they get less sick, grow faster, and have good meat quality. Breeding pigs can bloom vigorously."

"Look, this is the purebred Lingao pig." Yang Baogui pointed to a dozen or so weaned piglets sleeping in the pigsty. "The taste of Lingao pig is really good, especially the roast suckling pig," Yang Baogui smacked. He pursed his lips, "So raise some separately, and let Xiong Buyou cook roast suckling pig for you."

Strict pen breeding is implemented here.Yang Baogui told Wu Nanhai that there are as many as nine types of pig houses that are adapted to different conditions and ages.Each type of pigsty has a different area and a slightly different equipment structure due to the number of heads raised.In addition, there is a breeding room specially used for breeding and a farrowing house for sows.

"The so-called scientific pig raising does not necessarily require full-price feed, antibiotics, disinfectants and vaccines—this is a helpless move under modern commercialized mass production. There are many simple and effective technologies for people with limited conditions like ours." It can be used, and it can achieve good results—it’s just that the scale and efficiency of farming are worse. But it’s absolutely environmentally friendly.”

"Let's just say that this young pig house is ready." Yang Baogui showed him the floor of the pig house, which is a one-meter-high iron grid floor raised with stone piers.

"This technique is called 'online breeding' - piglets' excrement and urine will leak down and be absorbed by the bedding on the ground. The net is clean and dry, so piglets are less likely to get dysentery. The survival rate is much higher. It's very simple. The principle is not difficult to implement.”

"It's kind of like 'high bed flat chicken'."

"That's right, the technology is actually the same." Yang Baogui said, "There is also an automatic water dispenser. Last time I went to the Industrial and Energy Commission to ask them to make it, these people insisted that there is no plastic rubber, but what kind of plastic rubber do they actually want? Well, just use a lever-type switch, and it doesn’t matter if there is a little water leakage. But using an automatic drinking fountain, not only the drinking water for the pigs is hygienic, but also the environmental sanitation of the pigsty. The pigs will be less sick, and it won’t take a day Feed them antibiotics at night...”

The local water dispenser made by the Machinery Factory of the Industry and Energy Commission is made of ceramics and bamboo, except for a small number of parts that are made of metal.The water flows out from an elevated reinforced concrete molded water tank, and thick bamboo pipes are used as water pipes.As long as the pig arches a bamboo lever, the water will flow out of the ceramic pot storing water and flow into the drinking tray below.The device is a bit leaky, but it's cleaner and less wasteful than pouring water into a stone trough.

"Another example is the feeding of feed. This is still the traditional feeding method of 'thin soup and full feeding'. The pig food is rare, and it is easy to feed. It seems to save food, but in fact, too much water affects the pig's digestion. It is not easy to get fat. As for the cooked pig food, it is not necessary, not only the nutritional value is damaged, but also easy to cause nitrite poisoning. It is labor-intensive and fuel-intensive. Except for swill, general feed can be fed raw. This kind of local method A lot can be done with small improvements.”

Yang Baogui is now focusing on expanding the farming of pigs in Northeast China.In modern society, apart from using Northeast Mineral pigs as hybrid females, they basically no longer raise meat pigs because their fat deposition rate is too high, and they belong to pigs that love to grow fat. The demand for pigs in modern society is as much as possible. Long lean meat: In addition to lean meat pigs, there are also so-called "running pigs", and the easiest thing is clenbuterol and the like.So this kind of pig is not welcome.But for the crossing group, in addition to providing meat, pigs are also responsible for the task of supplying fat, an industrial resource.

After pigs, cattle are the largest livestock herd on a feedlot.Hainan's main export products historically included cattle.There are many local buffaloes and cattle in Lingao.Li District is also the main source of supply of local cattle.More than [-] cattle were continuously shipped in from Lingaoli District Trade and Changhua Fort, which greatly expanded the scale of the cattle farm.

The cattle in the cattle farm are mainly used as animal power.At present, it is not used much in field labor, and it is mainly used for cargo transportation-ox cart transportation is now becoming the main land transportation mode of the crossing group.Yang Baogui not only needs to engage in breeding to rapidly expand the cattle herd, but also needs to take into account the demand for animal power.It is only the best choice to expedite the import of cattle from Changhua. After they are transported, they can be put into service after a little recuperation and rest. The cattle have low requirements for feed and have no concerns about feed supply.

He screened the cattle brought in from various places. The buffalo meat was rough and old, and it was mainly used for pulling carts by animal power. Therefore, he controlled the scale of buffalo breeding and mainly raised all kinds of cattle.Cattle can be used not only to pull carts, but also for meat and leather.

The cows in the cattle farm are resting at this time. It is afternoon and the weather is hot. Several farm workers are sprinkling water around the cowshed to cool down.Because these cattle have to undertake heavy road transportation tasks every day, they are taken care of very thoughtfully. They not only add concentrate every day, but also ensure that they are given sufficient rest.

"There are a lot of cattle," Wu Nanhai said. "It seems that beef is becoming more popular."

"Actually, the ideal breeds for us are cattle and sheep—just eat grass. Pigs need a lot of food. Green fodder can only be used as a supplement. The habit of raising pigs here is to eat rice when fattening, which is too wasteful."

"The purpose of large-scale planting of sweet potatoes is to ensure feed grain. In fact, cows must also eat grain. They need to eat corn or something."

"Traditional cattle raising is simply grass-fed cattle. You can also feed special green fodder. Corn raising cattle can only be done in a country with superior natural conditions like the United States." Yang Baogui sighed. He has a unique love for North America. Bell's.

They walked past the bullpen where the bulls were specially used for breeding. The fences here were very thick. The bulls were irritable, big in size and strength, and they were very careful whether they were fed or served.However, the local breeding bull Yang Guigui doesn't like it, and only a few of them are kept for the purpose of maintaining the original breed.The local cows that are pregnant now are matched with the frozen sperm of several breeds of cattle brought from modern time and space for different purposes.

The breeding cows are bred in the spring.Pregnant cows are kept in individual rooms, and a sign is hung in front of each stall, which states the cow number, age, conception date, expected date of delivery, own breed and breeding breed.

Seeing Yang Baogui approaching, several cows stretched out their heads, staring at him with big gentle and moist eyes, and mooing.

"You see, they all know me." Yang Baogui jokingly said, stroking the neck of one of the cows, "This one is precious, and it is pregnant with a black-and-white cow. The future milk will depend on its children. "As he spoke, he checked the trough to see how the cows were feeding, and then compared the blackboard hanging on the wall to see if the breeder had accurately recorded the feeding status.Yang Baogui has very strict control over the feeding of feed, forage, concentrate, and salt are all regularly and quantitatively determined.

(End of this chapter)