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Chapter 63, Holstein

As a state-owned unit, the steel plant can be regarded as an independent kingdom.

Not only does it have its own nursery, clinic, etc., it also has its own workers' housing, breeding rooms, transport teams, etc. It can be said to be a small society.

Among the tens of thousands of workers, more than half live in self-built housing communities near the city suburbs.

In 1949, the year the People's Republic of China was founded, the per capita living area in Beijing was 4.75 square meters, while in 1958 it was 3.39 square meters.

The reason for this phenomenon is that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the call of "strength in numbers", the population of the capital increased rapidly, but the speed of new housing construction did not keep up with the population growth rate.

After 1949, during the urbanization process of Beijing, the real estate management system gradually evolved into two major management systems: direct management and self-management.

The self-built houses of the steel plant are the product of the era under the self-management system.

Many units can apply to build their own houses to meet the housing needs of their workers.

During the process of building the house, supporting facilities such as nurseries were also built, and even primary schools are in the process of being applied for.

With the virtuous cycle of increasing annual production tasks and improving production efficiency in steel mills, an increase in the number of workers is inevitable.

This caused a series of problems that the three leaders, Xing Shuqi, Shen Zhongxin and Yang Shourong, needed to consider. One of them, the milk ticket issue, was the most troublesome problem.

Every household has elderly people and children, and their nutritional needs are an urgent issue that needs to be addressed.

The coupon era officially began in 1953, and distribution systems and quota standards for various types of materials were gradually established.

Food has become the most important production material at present and is strictly controlled.

According to the Beijing city's food supply standards, general residents and children over ten years old should eat 24 to 28.5 kilograms, and the average should not exceed 27.5 kilograms.

Children under the age of ten are charged half of the adult standard. After the child is born, they must go to the police station with their birth certificate to register their household registration and go to the grain station to apply for a grain and oil supply certificate. Grain and oil will be officially supplied the following month.

There is a saying that goes, "A young boy will eat his father out of poverty."

No matter whether they are newborn babies, teenagers, or adults, their nutrition cannot keep up.

Therefore, we can only seek more nutrients from other aspects.

Milk and malted milk are both out of reach.

However, now I heard from Zhao Mancang that he has a way to increase the milk production of female steers, which is indeed great news.

Yang Shourong was not in a hurry to announce to Zhao Mancang the reward plan he had discussed with Secretary Xing and Director Shen. Instead, he asked Zhao Mancang in detail about how to increase the milk production of female steers.

Friends who have raised cattle at home know that whether it is yellow cattle in the north or buffalo in the south, cows often have no milk after giving birth to calves.

No matter how hard the calf sucked, no milk came out.

In response to this situation, many farmers probably know one or two methods to induce lactation, some of which are traditional methods, and some are commonly used methods.

Zhao Mancang proposed many methods to promote lactation, including more than ten kinds of traditional Chinese medicine alone, and there are also seven or eight other methods such as lactation-promoting techniques and acupuncture.

As for increasing milk production in cows, this definitely requires a nutritional approach. Soybeans, pig's trotters, etc. are all good ideas, but they are absolutely not feasible in this era.

Because whether it is soybeans or pig's trotters, they are all very good food. Many people can only eat coarse grains. How can they use these grains and meat to feed cows?
Unless it is an emergency, it is impossible under normal circumstances.

In addition to common methods such as soybeans, there is also traditional Chinese medicine.

When Yang Shourong and Wu Huamin heard the names of these Chinese medicines, they were lucky that they were not very expensive. The key was the medicinal properties of the Chinese medicines, which they did not understand very well, so they had to find someone to ask.

From what Zhao Mancang said, the medicinal properties of these Chinese medicines are relatively mild and have almost no effect on cows.

"However, if we want all the workers in our steel plant to drink fresh milk every day, we still need to buy more than ten or twenty dairy cows."

Zhao Mancang's final words of conclusion made Wu Huamin roll his eyes:

"There are still more than ten or twenty cows. Even if it's just one cow, it's impossible!"

Since last year, that is, after the milk shortage problem occurred in late autumn of 1957, the management of dairy cows in the entire capital has become stricter.

Shuangqiao Farm has only more than 200 dairy cows, but it is already a very good dairy farm in Beijing.

Daxing State Farm is the largest dairy breeding base, which is divided into five branches: Demao Branch 1, Yizhuang Branch 2, Heyi Branch 3, Jiugong Branch 4 and Jinxing Branch 5.

Of course, every branch of Daxing State Farm has a pig farm, not just a dairy farm.

Centralized management of dairy cows is a major trend. How could it be possible for steel mills to raise dairy cows?

What's more, every dairy cow is a treasure of the local farm and it is impossible to allocate it to other units.

"Director, if they don't want to sell, can't we find a way ourselves?" Zhao Mancang chuckled. Wu Huamin and Yang Shourong became even more curious. They only heard him continue:
"We already have ten cows in our barn. With those ten cows as a base, why not borrow one or two Holstein bulls from Shuangqiao Farm or Demao Farm?"

Is this method feasible?
Of course it is possible!
How did Holstein cattle come about?

Starting from the late Qing Dynasty, as European merchants and missionaries entered the mainland, they brought in a number of dairy cows, including Holstein, Ayrshire, Jersey, Swiss Brown, Shorthorn, etc.

Due to the good hybridization and improvement effect of Holstein cattle, everyone prefers the black and white Holstein cattle, commonly known as Dutch cattle.

It was now the 1950s, and the crossbreeding and improvement of Holstein cows had entered its second phase.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang proposed this method at this time, which was actually to accelerate the Holstein cattle into the third stage, mainly to improve the common appearance defects in the Holstein cattle herd, such as sloping rump, sagging udder, poor limbs and hooves, and to increase milk production.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Zhao, your idea is very good, then it's settled, haha."

Yang Shourong was so happy that he didn't care about anything else and pulled Zhao Mancang straight to the secretary's office.

The reason for being so anxious is naturally to seek benefits for the workers in the steel plant.

The sooner more Holstein cows can be bred in the breeding room, the sooner steel plant workers can drink fresh milk.

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