Chapter 870： Autumn Harvest and Agricultural Adjustment (Part 2)

Of course, the new provinces and the Ruhr area that just got there are very wasteful if they are left there. Therefore, Marin intends to think of other ways to make appropriate adjustments to the agriculture and animal husbandry of these new provinces.

South Munster is currently under the rule of Bishop Conrad, so there is no need to adjust for the time being. West Friesland was included in the new agricultural plan because it was cleaned up. Therefore, the new agricultural technologies cannot be adopted at present, and adjustments are needed, leaving the provinces of Jutland, Bremen and the newly acquired Ruhr area.

The Ruhr area is very large, including the area south of the Ruhr River in the former Macbeth. The area of ​​the whole area is about 4,000 square kilometers. In order to better manage this newly controlled area, Marin established Ruhr Province. The capital of Ruhr Province is located in Bochum, Marin ’s hometown.

The original Baron of Bochum had already followed John Duke of Cliff to the Lower Geddes region, and received good site compensation. Then, after the Baron of Bochum left, the city of Bochum naturally became empty and became Marin's new site. Moreover, it is a site with complete control.

Therefore, Marin simply established the capital of the Ruhr area in Bochum, and established a barracks here to station three thousand troops to protect local security.

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Although it is temporarily impossible to implement new agricultural technologies in Ruhr, Jutland and Bremen provinces, it would be too wasteful to ignore them at all. So Marin decided to adjust and reform these three provinces to a certain extent to avoid waste of land.

For example, although it is not possible to promote a full set of new agricultural technologies, Marin still intends to release some of the benefits-for example, to promote the use of cattle in these three provinces.

Today, Marin can import tens of thousands of cattle from the Crimean Khanate every year. Today, the number of cattle in the North Sea country has reached tens of thousands. If it is used to kill meat, it will be a violent disaster. Therefore, Marin intends to divide these cattle and provide them with farmland. With more animals, these three new provinces can also cultivate more land.

Promoting the use of farming cattle is mainly to promote the application of cattle nose rings. Most cattle, as long as they put on the nose ring, can basically cultivate the land honestly. But there are also bullish bulls, but after castration, most of them will be honest. If the castration is not honest, then it should be killed to eat meat ...

Although many horses are used for arable land throughout Europe, the cost of raising horses is very high, resulting in a limited number. As a result, large areas of Ruhr, Bremen and Jutland provinces are not developed because of the lack of farmland animals.

Marin now has a surplus of 20,000 cattle. If it is put into these areas, even if it does not adopt new agricultural technology, it is no problem to cultivate an additional one or two million acres of arable land.

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In addition, Marin also intends to increase investment in animal husbandry. As it happens, these three new provinces are temporarily unable to adopt new agricultural technologies, so it is better to focus on animal husbandry.

Especially Jutland Province in Jutland Peninsula is the best area for the development of animal husbandry. Jutland Province covers an area of ​​over 20,000 square kilometers and is the largest province in the Grand Duchy of the North Sea.

Before, Marin had thought about vigorously developing agriculture in Jutland. However, here is actually more suitable for the development of animal husbandry. The land here is vast and the grasslands are numerous. Although the climate is not so warm, it can be used to develop animal husbandry, but there is no problem.

In particular, Marin used merino sheep and British fine wool sheep to hybridize a new fine wool sheep suitable for European and North American climates-North Sea sheep.

At the beginning, Marin collected tens of thousands of ewes from the United Kingdom, sent them to the Ayur Prairie in Western Sahara, and bred with the Merino rams that Marin got from Spain. X is dead.

After that, 10,000 pregnant British ewes were taken back to East Friesland and gave birth to nearly 20,000 lambs.

Of course, this is not to say that these nearly 20,000 lambs are suitable for cultivation as new breeds. Because Marin requires optimal breeding.

As a result, the nearly 20,000 lambs were divided into more than 400 units according to their fathers. Then, the department responsible for breeding observes ...

The purpose of observation is to select the thinnest wool and the fastest growing lamb ...

After that, about 5,000 lambs were selected and re-bred ...

Sheep's growth cycle is very short, sexual maturity within a year, can be reproduced. Then, these optimized lambs and sheep began to breed again, and then formed a new stable breed-Beihai sheep ...

The Beihai sheep matures within a year, and at the same time can be pregnant twice a year, about two cubs at a time. In this way, after three years, in addition to the first year is the growth period of these 5,000 breeding sheep, now, the number of 5,000 North Sea sheep has been expanded to more than 20,000.

The sheared wool of these North Sea sheep is of very high quality, only a little worse than the authentic Merino wool, and much better than British wool.

Marin was very excited and ordered not to kill these North Sea sheep casually. Of all the North Sea sheep, only the ram does not need much. Therefore, Marin allowed the elimination of some weak rams. All other North Sea sheep are preserved, especially the breeding of the flock, and strive to expand the number of North Sea sheep as soon as possible. In the future, Beihai sheep will only use Beihai sheep. The remaining sheep must be eliminated.

Of course, this is just wool for sheep. For meat sheep, Marin also sent people to cultivate them. In the hybrid of merino sheep and British sheep that were eliminated, Marin also sent hundreds of lambs, although the wool is not fine enough, but the growth rate is fast, and they are cultivated as mutton sheep. In this way, it can also meet the people's consumption demand for mutton to a certain extent. And this kind of meat sheep was named as German Merino sheep by Marin ...

However, the number of German merino sheep is very small, and only about 300 meet the requirements. After two years of breeding, it was only about 1,000.

However, this kind of German Merino sheep, although the quality of wool is not as good as the North Sea sheep, but also not much worse. After all, they also have the bloodline of Merino and British sheep. In this way, they can provide not only low-quality wool, but also lamb. At least, it is better than the quality of British wool.

It can provide both lamb and wool of good quality. Marin can believe that this kind of sheep will be the main breed of colonial expansion in the future. After all, the colony is sparsely populated and large-scale agricultural production cannot be carried out. Therefore, the sheep-raising industry that can use the help of shepherd dogs may be the pillar industry of the colony. And this kind of German Merino sheep that can provide both mutton and good quality wool to the colonizers is definitely against the sky ...

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In addition to cultivating two sheep breeds, Marin recently used fake French silver coins made of white copper to purchase a large number of Charolais cattle from the Charolais region of France.

This original breed of Charolais has not yet reached the quality standards of later generations. For example, many Charolais cows also have powerful horns ~ www.novelhall.com ~ But the Charolais cows of the later generations, for the safety of the cowboys, actually selectively bred hornless cows. In this way, when the cowboy sets the cow, he does not worry that the mad cow will die with the horns.

But in any case, it is said that these primitive Charolais cattle grow very fast, and have a large body and are very strong. Fast growth and strong physique is one of the most important indicators for cattle. With these two points in mind, Charolais cattle are well worth cultivating.

Marin ordered the organization of professional talents to focus on training Charolais cattle. However, he specifically asked for-looking for Charolais cattle without horns, special breeding, to fight for the future Charolais cattle, no horns. Otherwise, it is a big threat to the cowboys ...

For the Charolais cattle being bred, Marin also ordered-no slaughter is allowed. The only Charlotte cattle that can be slaughtered are those bulls with horns that are not strong enough. As for the cow, you can't miss one ...

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Marin believes that as long as the three major breeds of North Sea sheep, German merino sheep and Charolais cattle are cultivated, it will be difficult for the animal husbandry in the North Sea country to develop in the future. The provinces of Ruhr, Bremen and Jutland, which cannot adopt new agricultural technologies ... especially the vast area of ​​Jutland, will definitely have a bright future in animal husbandry ...