Chapter 272 Xiao Su, the department doesn’t care enough about your farm!
Soon, Vanderford and several researchers climbed into the pigpen.
After a while, a white pig was pressed to the ground. The white pig struggled violently and roared desperately.
For a moment, the entire pigsty was filled with deafening roars.
“Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
It seems to be calling for its companions to rescue it!
It’s just that the four white pigs that were originally in the same pigpen hid directly in the corner of the pigpen.
All of them were huddled together with their heads facing inward and their buttocks facing outward.
It seems to be saying, bro, it’s not that we don’t want to save you, it’s that we didn’t see it!
You can only hope for the best.
After the white pig was controlled, the two researchers immediately squatted down impatiently and began to pry open the white pig's mouth!
The white pig watched as everyone opened its mouth with burning eyes and looked inside to observe carefully. For a moment, it was so scared that even its roars became much quieter.
"It's truly been bred! This pig's milk incisors are just beginning to show signs of shedding. According to pig growth patterns, milk incisors typically replace their teeth at four to six months old. This means this white pig is definitely no older than six months."
"Magnifying glass! Where's the magnifying glass? I need to observe how far the permanent incisors have grown and confirm his exact age."
Soon a magnifying glass was handed to the other person.
"There's no alternation between old and new teeth. The permanent incisors are just beginning to bud, meaning they're just entering the replacement phase, which is around 120 days at most."
Seeing this, he knew there was no problem.
This type of white pig was successfully bred by Blue Water Farm, because data can be falsified and body shape can be imitated by adult pigs, but teeth cannot lie.
Especially these piglets which are in the teething period at around four months old.
Even if you knock out the teeth of an adult pig, it will not grow new teeth.
After hearing this, several more researchers took the magnifying glass and observed it carefully several times. They had to admit that this was a genuine piglet of about four months old that was in the teething period.
However, just by looking at the other person's weight with the naked eye, one can tell that he is at least over 120 pounds.
Normal black pigs usually weigh around 70 kilograms during this period.
They could even see from other pig pens that the black pigs of the same period had a very obvious size difference.
For a moment, these researchers felt very complicated. They finally understood the bitterness that their colleagues in the rabbit breeding group next door felt last time.
Good news, the white pigs were successfully bred.
The bad news is that it was not bred by them, and it was not even developed by the breeding pig farm and experimental field in which the ministry also invested a lot of resources.
If it was produced by a breeding pig experimental farm, it would actually be better, after all, they have received support from above!
Therefore, their fate cannot be the same as that of their colleagues in the rabbit breeding group next door. They should be transferred to other groups!
Soon, with mixed feelings, they selected several white pigs, weighed them and looked at their teeth.
In the end, faced with facts, they had to admit that they were inferior to others in skills.
The person in charge who followed came up to the old man.
"Leader, we randomly sampled seven white pigs from five pens. All of them were about four months old and in the teething period."
"All of these pigs weighed over 120 kilograms, and the heaviest one weighed 150 kilograms and 4 ounces."
"Based on the daily weight gain rates recorded at Blue Water Farm, it shouldn't be a problem for them to reach 250 to 260 kilograms in six months."
Hearing this, the old man took a deep breath.
"good!"
At this moment, the old man finally relaxed, although all the previous signs showed that Blue Water Farm really bred white pigs that could be slaughtered in six months.
However, without seeing it with his own eyes and examining it on the spot, he still couldn't completely let go of the worry.
After all, this concerns the national economy and people's livelihood.
However, after confirming it, the old man found that there seemed to be many problems.
"Xiao Su, are there only about 130 third-generation white pigs on your farm?"
Su Wenchen nodded.
"Yes, leader. Although the first generation of white pigs are still being raised, they are no longer used for breeding. The main breeding force is still the more than 20 second generation white pigs."
"As for the rest, after this batch of third-generation white pigs grow up, these third-generation white pigs will become the main pig breed to be promoted in the future."
After hearing this, the old man asked directly.
"So, at present, how many pairs of piglets can you provide for promotion each year?"
Su Wenchen thought about it.
"At present, our farm does not have enough adult pigs to meet our needs, judging by the current breeding situation of the second generation of white pigs."
"When these white pigs reach adulthood, they can produce two litters a year, with each litter producing around ten to thirteen piglets."
"The stillbirth and weak piglet rates are generally around 5%, though sometimes the high birth rate can reach over 15 piglets."
"But this can easily affect the sows. We currently have two second-generation sows that have had their uterine health damaged due to high production, making them unable to conceive again and had to be slaughtered early."
"So now we control the feeding of sows during gestation, so that the sows will not be deficient in nutrition, nor be overfed, which will increase reproductive risks."
"If this batch of third-generation white pigs reaches adulthood and enters the breeding period, they will be able to provide nearly 2,000 piglets for promotion each year."
“There should be more to come, but it will take time.”
For Su Wenchen, the second generation of white pigs can still continue to reproduce.
Therefore, they should have more white pigs for breeding in the future, because if they are well cared for, it is not a big problem for a pig to give birth to seven or eight litters.
The old man said with some emotion.
“Time!”
"It seems we can only establish a pilot program first and then gradually promote it."
However, he also knew that there was no way to change this. After all, the pig's gestation period was not something that could be controlled by human power.
It's impossible to be like rabbits, which can produce a litter in a few months. After a few months, the baby rabbits grow up and can give birth again.
After hearing this, Su Wenchen also added.
"Leader, although the promotion of piglets is slow, if some breeding farms need it, we can arrange for sows to come over and borrow breeding stock!"
"Although this situation may not necessarily result in a suitable white pig being hybridized, there is a chance that the hybridization will be successful."
"After all, that's how our white pigs were bred. The main reason is that we only have about ninety sows among the three generations of white pigs on our farm, which is more than enough for the forty or so boars."
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, the old man waved his hand.
"Let the various units discuss this matter with you when the time comes! The Ministry will not intervene in this matter."
After all, for their department, since Blue Water Farm already has mature varieties, the subsequent focus must be on promoting the now mature pig breeds.
The breeds that come from those who seek boars to borrow seeds and the subsequent hybridization are obviously unknown.
Since mature varieties are already available, their department will not prevent other units from trying them, but it will also not continue to allocate food and financial support as before.
If we want to do it again in the future, we can only do it like Blue Water Farm did before and use the surplus funds of our own unit.
Because of the limited food and funds, they are now needed to promote this white pig.
And Su Wenchen had actually expected this.
Now that we have mature pig breeds at this stage, the subsequent support for breeding pigs will definitely be reduced!
It is likely that many breeding pig farms will have to go through hard times in the future.
Except for some national key breeding pig farms, it is highly likely that others will not be able to receive funding and food support from above in the future.
It is estimated that many of them need to turn to supplying piglets to nearby brigades and communes in order to survive.
Su Wenchen even felt that some of the breeding pig farms had to set up their own pig farms and raise pigs themselves in order to support the employees in the farms.
After confirming the pig farm, the old man's expression became much more relaxed, although the current promotion progress cannot be too fast.
But it is much better than just seeing a shadow. All that is left is to wait for these pigs to grow up slowly and then breed and promote them a little bit.
So he spoke directly to Su Wenchen.
"Let's go!"
"Let's go take a look at your rabbit house. To be honest, I've only seen your Yuehua rabbit fur after it's been tanned."
"I'm still quite curious about what it really looks like!"
Su Wenchen stretched out his hand and pointed towards the door.
"Leader, actually, now is not a good time for you to see an adult Moon Rabbit."
"Because most of the adult rabbits have just been released, there are only a small number of pregnant breeding rabbits and some newly born rabbits in the farm."
Soon, when the inspection team arrived at the rabbit house.
It is very obvious that this side is different from the pigpen side. The air is filled with the smell of a lot of grass and a faint smell of medicinal herbs.
The faint smell of alfalfa mixed with the scent of medicinal herbs lingered in the air around Su Wenchen's nose.
The old man smelled the air here, which was obviously much fresher than the air in the pig house.
He laughed immediately.
"This place looks much cleaner than the pigsty!"
“The air smells a lot better, too.”
Su Wenchen explained with a smile.
"Boss, pigs are omnivorous livestock after all. Although we clean the pigpen every day and regularly use exhaust fans to change the air, the smell from their excrement and feeding is unavoidable."
"As for the Yuehua rabbits, they use a special nutritious feed made from grass and some medicinal herbs."
"So even if the Moonlight Rabbits here defecate, there's basically no odor! Plus, they're ventilated frequently, so the air here must be much better."
"Of course, now that most of the adult Yuehua rabbits have been sold, there's even less odor."
"The leader's area is the rabbit breeding area. However, since young rabbits are not as resilient as adult rabbits, special personnel are usually assigned to take care of the young rabbits wearing special protective clothing."
"But there's glass over there, and you can watch the baby rabbits inside through the glass."
After the old man walked over, he looked through the glass at the pink and hairless baby rabbits inside, which were constantly digging under the belly of a silver-white moon rabbit. He suddenly became curious.
"Did you replace the wall with glass on purpose? Is it to make it easier to visit?"
Su Wenchen shook his head.
"That's not the case!"
Then he pointed to the glass dome in the distance.
"The main thing is to increase light transmittance. After all, although our power supply is a high priority, power outages for maintenance often occur during the day."
"So the skylights and glass walls we reserved are more effective in increasing indoor lighting."
"Of course, switching to this large glass panel does make it easier to observe the rabbits. This way, you can often see what's going on inside from the outside, reducing the frequency of entering the rabbit nursery."
"And building this glass wall wasn't easy. We sent people to communicate with the state-owned factory that produces special glass for a long time before they could produce it."
"It took a lot of effort to transport them here, but after they were installed, some record-keeping personnel were no longer allowed to enter the rabbit nursery unless necessary. By reducing the frequency of large numbers of people entering and leaving the rabbit nursery, the survival rate of the baby rabbits has increased significantly."
The old man nodded.
"Not bad, what you guys have done seems to be similar to that sterile room at the Academy of Sciences."
Su Wenchen smiled and waved his hand.
"Leader, ours is far from perfect. Besides, normal rabbit production doesn't require a true sterile room."
“That cost is too high and not cost-effective.”
After all, in this era, Su Wenchen couldn't even imagine the cost of building a real sterile room.
Besides, the Yuehua Rabbit was not that fragile after being bred by him.
It is not expensive for them to build a clean delivery room that minimizes the entry of bacteria, but the cost of building a truly sterile delivery room is very high.
Besides, I'm afraid that at this time, the hospital delivery room has not reached the sterile level, so this kind of thing is completely unnecessary.
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the old man nodded.
Then he walked towards the door with his hands behind his back and said.
"Xiao Su, if you need anything in the future, don't make it too difficult for yourself."
"If you have any difficulties, you can tell the department. Remember, you are not wild children with no one to take care of you now."
"As long as it's something the ministry can do, we'll definitely do our best to help you solve it."
Obviously, the old man knew that it would not be easy for Blue Water Farm to communicate with the special glass manufacturer on its own.
Although it was finally completed, it definitely took some effort.
The more this happened, the more he felt the difficulties of Blue Water Farm. After all, Su Wenchen only said that they had communicated several times.
But he could imagine that people would definitely not have a good attitude towards this kind of thing, and even Blue Water Farm didn't contact them.
When Su Wenchen heard this, he immediately showed a touched expression.
"Leader, don't worry. If we really encounter any difficulties, we will definitely ask for support from the department."
"But we can't tell the higher-ups everything."
"After all, the country provides us with supplies to set up various farms, mainly so that we can give back to the country. How can our farm still have the nerve to keep asking for more!"
"If there are any particularly difficult situations, we will definitely ask the department for support."
Su Wenchen knew very well that the leader was feeling guilty at the moment and wanted to compensate them.
You absolutely cannot ask for it.
Because once he opens his mouth, the leader will most likely agree directly, but the guilt will disappear afterwards.
In the leaders' minds, their farm is not much different from other farms. For Su Wenchen, he cannot be greedy for any external things at this time.
As long as this image of a sensible, capable and self-conscious person is established in the leader's mind, it will be much easier to negotiate for support from the department in the future.
It will be easier to improve yourself.
As long as the character is memorable enough, you don't even need to ask for it, the leader will always think of you.
Of course, doing so is actually very risky. It only works for people who are capable and do an excellent job. If you are not outstanding, or even mediocre, your leader will probably forget who you are.
That would be a complete loss, so it would be better to take the opportunity to get some practical benefits.
For Su Wenchen, their farm will not remain unknown in the future, and he is not worried at all that the leaders will forget him.
Even if he has forgotten, he has the ability to make his leader remember him through one major event after another.
After Su Wenchen finished speaking, the old man suddenly felt a sense of guilt.
"Xiao Su, the Ministry doesn't care enough about your farm!"
"You can't do this again in the future. If you have any questions or requests, you still have to raise them!"
Now look at Blue Water Farm. They are capable, sensible, and proactive in considering the department.
Think about those farms that always ask the department for various supports.
The more I think about it, the angrier I get!
I didn’t feel it before the comparison, but now I feel it’s too unfair to Blue Water Farm.
To be honest, at the beginning the institute considered transferring the Blue Water Farm to the Foreign Trade Department and turning it into a breeding base dedicated to foreign trade.
He was actually competing with the Ministry of Foreign Trade for that foreign exchange quota, because at that time the Blue Water Farm belonged to their Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Then, in the subsequent use of this foreign exchange, their department will naturally have some advantages.
But at that time he did not expect that this foreign exchange would eventually reach 100 million US dollars.
In fact, it wasn't just him, no one above him had anticipated it.
As for establishing a communication channel with Western countries through this window, no one had thought of it in advance.
As a result, after they took over the Blue Water Farm, they only allocated two large tractors, a truck and a jeep.
Due to shortages at the car manufacturers, trucks and jeeps were not distributed in time, leaving Blue Water Farm with no choice but to find a way to exchange them for second-hand jeeps that had been eliminated by the troops.
As a result, they still didn't ask for any support, but they successfully bred a new breed of white pigs that can adapt to their local area and be marketed quickly.
Thinking of this, the old man felt that he was indeed a little sorry for Blue Water Farm.
Other national-level farms have dozens or even hundreds of agricultural machinery and equipment, but Lanshui Farm only has ten, all of which are small walk-behind tractors.
Of course, due to time constraints, a large part of it was accumulated bit by bit by various farms.
But Blue Water Farm can't be too far behind.
At the very least, having only two large agricultural machines does not conform to the current actual situation of Blue Water Farm.
Moreover, the saline-alkali land in the Yellow River flood area is about to be reclaimed, and this is the time when Blue Water Farm has the highest demand for agricultural machinery.
Thinking of this, the old man said to Lu Anguo who was following behind him.
"An Guo, your Agricultural Reclamation Bureau shouldn't be too stingy with your subordinate departments."
"Have you redistributed the equipment that was allocated to Blue Water Farm last time?"
Hearing this, Lu Anguo was stunned for a moment. Wasn't he watching the rabbit? Why did he suddenly switch to the equipment?
But still explained.
"Boss, the purchase orders for trucks and jeeps from the Beijing Automobile Factory are still waiting in line, and we estimate they won't arrive until the second half of next year."
"As for the tractor, the Changzhou Tractor Factory has already prepared it. Blue Water Farm can send someone to drive it back anytime."
The old man shook his head.
"Two large agricultural machines are too few. Lanshui Farm is going to open up a lot of saline-alkali fields in the Yellow River floodplain next year. They're in great need of agricultural machinery. Should your bureau allocate a few more?"
When Lu Anguo heard this, he was dumbfounded. Why were they asked to produce things without any problem?
And the success of the white pigs is indeed an achievement, but the Animal Husbandry Bureau has benefited the most from this!
Unless they only promote it from the farms under their jurisdiction, wouldn't it be that everyone shares the benefits, but the costs are borne by them alone?
Although they all work for the country, we can’t rely on just one department to make the effort!
So I explained it directly.
"Leader, our bureau doesn't have any extra large agricultural machinery right now!"
"Also, we've calculated that in the first year, Blue Water Farm will take over a commune with a total of 80,000 mu of land, almost half of which has already been reclaimed."
"So, if we only have 40,000 mu of wasteland to cultivate, two large tractors and ten small walking tractors are more than enough."
The old man waved his hand.
"Aren't there two more communes to take over later?"
"The funds have to be allocated anyway. Wouldn't it be helpful to relieve Blue Water Farm of some of the burden if we allocate them in advance?"
"So we can first transfer the four large agricultural machines that are to be delivered to other farms. If there are farms that disagree..."
"Then let them open a branch in the Yellow River flood area as well."
"It just so happens that the country is worried about what to do with these 30 to 40 million mu of saline-alkali land!"
"By the time these farms manage hundreds of thousands of acres each, won't the problem be solved?"
Hearing this, Lu Anguo was stunned.
Does this leader really not know or is he pretending not to know?
Those farms all have certain grain production tasks in the local area. How could they be willing to open branches in the Yellow River flood area?
Except for the local area and the Yellow River flood area, we cannot release people from other places, even if they are from other people’s places!
So after hesitating for a moment, Lu Anguo said directly.
"Leader, I'm afraid this won't work!"
"If it's voluntary, no one will be willing to go. If it's forced, even if they go, it probably won't work!"
However, he realized the moment he finished speaking that the leader was not forcing them to open a branch in the Yellow River flood area, but just wanted him to have an excuse.
(End of this chapter)
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