Chapter 333 Happy Life in Taoyuan Village 2
"Uncle Hao, the pig farm also needs to be expanded outside. We don't need to add more pig pens for the time being, but the pigs' activity area needs to be expanded and the fences need to be expanded outside. Any animals we raise in the future will be free-range, like wild animals. We will let them live freely in nature and find food for themselves. We just need to supplement them with some nutritious food and feed." "Yike, you are right. The group of pigs we raise now are no different from wild boars. They run to the banana forest to gnaw on banana trees at dawn. Their teeth are so powerful that they can gnaw down a banana tree in just a few bites. When the banana tree falls down, the pigs will rush to eat. When they are full, they will find a sunny place to lie down and bask in the sun. The aunt who raises pigs said that she had raised pigs before, but she had never seen such a simple way of raising pigs."
"In fact, those bananas are quite nutritious. We should plant more and expand the banana planting outside. Uncle Hao, remember to remind me of this. I will talk to godfather and ask him to plant it next year."
"Okay, I'll remind you."
"I remember there was an area full of pine trees. I wonder how far it is from here?"
"It's not far. It only takes a day to go back and forth. What's the matter?"
"The young leaves of the pine tree are collected, dried, and then crushed into powder. They can be fed to chickens and pigs. All animals can eat them. They are more nutritious than corn."
"Really." Hu Haohan's eyes opened wide, looking incredulous.
"Haha, you don't believe it, Uncle Hao?"
"No, it's not that I don't believe it, I just think it's too incredible. We used to use pine needles to start a fire, but I didn't expect that they could be eaten. There is a pine forest not far from the cave where we used to live. Do you want me to take people to collect some?"
"Let's go after the New Year. There won't be any sun to dry the fruits if we pick them now."
"It can be dried by baking. The production department can bake it."
"Okay, then you guys go and negotiate. But when you pick the pine needles, choose the older ones in the middle of the branches. They should be fresh and not moldy. When you grind them into powder, come to me for the exact amount and I'll write it down."
"Okay, Yike, I think you should think carefully about what else animals can eat and is nutritious, and then write it down. You see, what you said today can save a lot of food, and it is nutritious as you said. In this way, we can save corn for other uses, don't you think?"
"Okay, I'll think about it carefully when I get back and write them all down. Actually, I know some of these plants are edible, but I don't know their names."
"How about we go for a walk in the forest with Ziyi when we have time? Then if you see it, tell me and I will definitely recognize it. Or you can draw it and maybe we have seen it before."
In order to save food, Hu Haohan tried his best to persuade Yi Ke, and Yi Ke had no choice but to nod and agree. It's impossible to draw it, how could she remember so much? Only seeing it can trigger her memory and let her know whether it is edible or not.
However, Yike felt that she could make feed now. In the past, she had raised fewer animals, so she was too lazy to spend time making feed. Now she can't be lazy.
"Uncle Hao, we have more and more animals now. I want to make feed so that we can save costs better."
"Feed, what feed? Aren't we feeding feed now?"
"Not really. That's just a common feeding method that only raises a small number of fish. In fact, there is a more food-saving breeding method, which is to use feed for breeding."
"What does this feed you're talking about look like? Do you know how to make it? Will it have no effect on chickens and ducks?"
"No, there are only advantages and no disadvantages."
"We all trust you. Just tell us how to do it. But is this feed easy to make?"
"It's easy. I'll teach you how. The feeding method is the same. Just add some feed to the previous feeding."
"That's good. I thought we were going to change the feeding method again?"
"No, I just remembered it when you mentioned leaves. If we simply pick leaves to feed animals, the animals will definitely not like to eat them. After all, not all edible leaves are as delicious as bananas, which animals like to eat raw. Pigs don't like to eat edible leaves, so we have to make them into feed and add some of their favorite things to mix them together, so that they will like to eat them."
"So leaves are enough? Then we can save corn and sweet potatoes."
"Yes, in addition to leaves, corn stalks, soybean stalks, rice straw, wheat straw, sweet potato vines and some wild grasses can also be used as raw materials. Dry them and crush them into fine bran. I will then prepare a fermentation agent and mix it with the crushed dry powder in a certain proportion and add water to ferment it."
"Then it will be completely fed with grass, how can it grow well?"
"Okay, if we feed them with bone meal, they will grow faster and better."
"Bone meal? Is it bones ground into powder? But how can bones be ground into powder? They are so hard?"
"Yes, bone meal is bones ground into powder. You just need to buy a grinder. Bones are rich in minerals and trace elements. Feeding them to livestock can provide them with more nutrition and ensure that they can grow quickly. For example, the pigs we raise grow faster than those raised outside. It takes at least a year for pigs outside to grow to 200 kilograms. Last year, our pigs weighed 200 kilograms in less than eight months. If we use bone meal, they can weigh 200 kilograms in at most half a year."
"So fast? That's great. If you had known it would be so fast, you should have made it earlier." Hu Haohan complained a little.
"We only raised a few animals before. Was it necessary? Do you know how much a crusher costs? A new one costs at least two thousand. Ziyi asked for the price a long time ago, otherwise I wouldn't have made it earlier."
"This, this is too expensive. Let's just forget it. It's too expensive and not worth it."
"It's okay. We can buy an old one. We have my grandfather now. We can buy the old one and let Ziyi and grandpa fix it up. That's all."
"That's about right. The old ones are definitely much cheaper. But we'll have to rely on Ma Youcai and the other guys. These devices can't just be bought casually."
"They need to find a solution for this, but you need to tell the kitchen that bones cannot be thrown away in the future. With so many people eating, there will definitely be a lot of bones every day. Tell them to collect them. Also tell the production department to collect any bones they don't want, and you need to arrange for someone to deal with them."
"You don't have to worry about the rest. Just ask someone to process the bones according to the method I taught you. Have someone build a drying dam on the top of the mountain with cement and install a pulley. When the time comes, just use the pulley to lift them up to dry. When they are dry, use the pulley to lower them down. Don't you think this will save time and manpower?"
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