A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 77 [077] Paddy Seedlings

The [-] mu of land sounds like a lot, but in fact, the yield per mu of land is only [-] catties, which is the maximum benefit that can be shown without chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Rice is a little taller than wheat, which can reach three to four hundred catties, but the painstaking effort of growing rice is also more than that of wheat. Just for irrigation, not only how many people are exhausted.

At this time, there is no electricity, so it is impossible to have canals to pump water, but smart people have built water trucks in the fields and deep wells in the early years, and the water in the deep wells can be transferred to various places by water trucks Fields.

Where there is a well, there must be a waterwheel, and where there is a waterwheel, there must be a waterway. These are the keys to transporting water to the rice fields. Basically, as long as the farming season is busy, the whole family must go to battle together. Draw water from the well.

In some fields there is a large reservoir, on which a tripod is set up, and one person stands under the shelf, uses a shovel and dustpan tied to the shelf, presses down hard and then lifts up, the water is directly poured onto the ground. In the waterway, it flows into the rice field along the waterway.

In addition to this method, a rope can also be attached to the barrel, and two people stand on both sides, each with a rope end, allowing irrigation into the field.

Because of the different geographical locations, every household will find a way to build a reservoir or irrigate the fields. The difficulty is beyond anyone's imagination, especially if it is to irrigate the fields. On such a hot day, The soil is so dry, just thinking about it makes my back sweat.

The three-day vacation given by the school is not enough at all, and the family has been busy for the past few days. It was supposed to be a summer vacation at this time, but because of the delay in the previous few months, it was delayed. Now the brothers feel that they are As soon as they left, the adults didn't know when and where they were busy, so they simply asked for another week's leave.

When the wheat from the [-]-acre field was collected home, the whole family was exhausted, but my mother and uncle were still worried, so they got up early again, slipped through the [-]-acre field, and left the leftovers in the field. All the ears of wheat were picked up and returned home.

After the [-] acres of land were taken back to the warehouse, the next step was not only threshing wheat, but also tidying up the fields and planting rice.

Of course, it is impossible to grow rice on twelve acres of land. Rice fields must have innate water resources. In places far away from water sources, you will not be able to grow them even if you are exhausted. Fortunately, the Zhuo family is very knowledgeable about this. According to experience, each family selects two acres of land to plant rice, and the rest of the land is planted with corn or millet, sorghum and other miscellaneous grains.

Rice seedbeds are naturally not as good as the greenhouse effect of later generations. Mechanized greenhouse planting not only saves time and effort, but also avoids pests and diseases. The cultivation of seedbeds in this era is all seeds bought from agricultural technology stations and cultivated by herself. She remembers that the time is after Qingming.

First soak the seeds in cold water, then put them in a relatively warm box and wait for the seeds to germinate. After germination, spread the sprouts on the seedbed, cover with soil, and pour enough water. In order to keep warm, cover them with transparent plastic cloth. Get up to ensure that the temperature is suitable for germination and growth.

Because it is located at the corner of the yard, and the sunlight can directly shine on it, so there is plenty of sunlight, so Zhuo Lin also adds energy to the seeds from time to time, but she doesn't dare to add too much, for fear of overdoing it.

No, the seedlings have already been prepared, and now the only thing that needs to be done is to clear out a few acres of land for rice planting.

So the Zhuo family was divided into two parts, the strong laborers went to tidy up the rice fields, and the light laborers threshed wheat grains in the threshing floor. Zhuo Lin, who was equal, became Zhuojian's exclusive nanny.

(End of this chapter)