Gu Hanping explained with a smile, "The person in charge of our cowshed is called Old Zheng. He used to be in charge of raising cattle for a landlord."
He has a deep affection for cattle and cleans them several times a day.
And cow dung is also a good fertilizer, so he would collect it.
Secretary Gu also said that a clean cowshed reduces the chances of cattle getting sick, and we are doing this to prevent cattle from getting sick.
Not only the cowshed, but our pigsty is also very clean.
This surprised everyone.
And it doesn't have much of a smell either.
There are no cows in this cowshed now; they just come to take a look and then come out.
Old Zheng was working in the field next door.
There were several calves and a cow nearby.
The governor of Chu saw that the calf and cow that had been left behind were eating vegetable leaves.
Gu Yunyang introduced, "That's Old Zheng. He really treats these cows like his own children."
He was also very hardworking, working in the fields every day.
Our brigade has a smaller arable area, so our private plots are larger.
In addition, Old Zheng was also in charge of the cowshed, so he was given five fen of land.
He grows more vegetables than he can eat each year, and a lot of it goes to supplement the diet of his cattle.
Fortunately, the seeds were all saved by ourselves, so it didn't cost any money.
Otherwise, we can't afford to lose money.
Seeing that the vegetables in the field were growing very well, Mayor Chu praised, "He's an experienced hand."
The cows were fed old, stale vegetable leaves. Even though Old Zheng liked cows, he wouldn't feed them freshly grown vegetables.
Anyway, whatever the cow eats has the same effect.
After visiting the cowshed, we went to the pigsty behind it.
There are several ponds not far away.
Every now and then, fish would jump out of the water.
It fell again, splashing water droplets.
Just as they arrived, some pig manure was washed out by the water and rolled into the pond through the ditch.
Mayor Chu was somewhat surprised: "What is this?"
Gu Yunyang quickly explained, "Oh, this must be the person in charge of our pigsty cleaning the pigsty."
The pigpen environment must be clean and tidy to ensure that the piglets do not get sick.
As for the pig manure, the pigs haven't actually digested it completely, so it can be used as fish feed.
In addition, pig manure can promote the growth of plankton and some algae in ponds.
These plankton and algae are also food for fish.
In the future, the pig manure will settle down and mix with the silt below, creating very fertile soil.
When it's time to catch the fish in the pond during the Lunar New Year.
Then scoop up the silt and let it dry in the sun. This is the best soil to use. Spread it on the ground, and you can even reduce the amount of fertilizer needed.
The crops that grow in the fields will be plentiful.
This could be considered a kind of ecological structure, combining several ecosystems to promote each other and achieve multiple benefits.
Chu Shi was very curious: "You can do that?"
Gu Yunyang smiled and explained, "This is based on modern biological research. And it turns out it's possible. These fish grow much faster than those that are free-range."
Mayor Chu, look, those fish that are jumping up are newly released this year. When they were fry, they weighed only two or three ounces each.
It must weigh about 1.5 pounds now, right?
This was the first time that Chief Chu had heard such a novel perspective.
Several ecosystems combined together can promote each other.
Although it's unknown whether it's true or not, the effect that Gu Yunyang and his team produced seems to be really good.
"Let's go into the pigsty and take a look. These piglets were only bought at the end of May. Now, in less than three months, they already weigh 60 pounds. We expect a batch to be ready for market by the end of November or the beginning of December this year."
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