Chapter 881： Berchurman

Europeans choose horse farming for historical reasons. In addition to the fact that they do not know how to use cattle nose rings to make cattle obedient, the efficiency of horse farming is one of the important reasons why Europeans choose horse farming.

In fact, the most popular era of horse farming in Europe was the 18th century. In the 16th century, Europe actually coexisted with horse farming and cattle farming. Why? This has to talk about agricultural output. In the early 16th century, agricultural production was low and food was expensive. It is expensive to raise a horse. Because the food consumed by a horse in one year is worth the cost of a family of five eating for one year. Although cattle have a big appetite, they eat grass most of the time, and only have to add meals during the working hours. The feeding cost is also the food consumption level of a strong man in one year. Therefore, in current Europe, only noble estates use horse farming. Some poor farmers and small landowners still use cattle farming.

However, cattle farming is too difficult. Because there is no cattle nose ring control cattle technology, most cattle are not suitable for farming, only a small number of good tempered cattle are suitable for farming. Therefore, cattle farming is also difficult to popularize. Therefore, this is where Ma Geng and Niu Geng coexist.

In the 18th century, because the Dutch had occupied Taiwan and Java in the 17th century and dealt with the Han people with the highest farming skills, they learned fertilization techniques and triggered the so-called agricultural revolution. As a result, the grain output of Europeans went up and the cost of raising horses went down. Then, Ma Geng was popularized.

Of course, Ma Geng is also limited. That is, Ma Geng mainly focuses on the cultivation of wheat and other crops. In the face of rice fields, it is impossible. Because, when cultivating paddy fields, hoofs should be soaked in water. Fortunately, Niu said, Ma Geng paddy field, very uncomfortable. Moreover, the horseshoe is soaked in water, it is easy to rust and fall off, causing a big problem.

In the later generations, Marin has not seen the South plowing with horses. For example, there is a southern horse called Jinyi River Horse in Jinyi River in Hu Jian Province, which adapts to the hot and humid climate and can cultivate fields. However, horses on cultivated land are generally not nailed. Otherwise, a bubble in the water field will easily come off. Even the horseshoe nails will be removed before plowing the paddy field. This is still a horse adapted to the southern climate, and the European horse is generally not adapted to the subtropical humid and hot climate of paddy fields. Even if you adapt, it's useless. Because the paddy field is soft and silted, it is difficult for the horseshoe to focus. Farming in paddy fields may not be as fast as cattle. Jinyi Jiangma can only cultivate 4 acres of paddy field every day, which is similar to cattle. However, up to 6 acres per day can be cultivated on dry land. Of course, the Jinyijiang horse is smaller in size and replaced with a European heavy-duty horse. It must be more than 8 acres of dry land every day.

Therefore, relatively speaking, horse farming is suitable for dry land, while cattle farming is suitable for paddy field.

But even if Marin knew that Ma Geng was suitable for Europe, there was no difference. As he told Mikel-he lacked a horse ...

He can spend money to buy equivalent cows from the Crimeans, but he cannot buy horses. Eastern European Mongolian horses in Crimea are small and may not be much stronger than cattle. The reason why ancient China did not develop horse farming is because of the lack of heavy horses in the eastern region. With a 1.3-meter shoulder height in Mongolian Mana, the arable land capacity may not be able to catch up with the mule. As for the Guanzhong horses of the later generations, it only appeared after the introduction of Western heavy horse hybrids. Among them, there is an important lineage, that is, France's Berchurma, also known as Pershma. Bel Schullen has strong horsepower, strong limbs, fast and durable, and can withstand the severe cold and heat. He eats less and works harder. It is the most outstanding and outstanding horse for farming in the 19th century. In the 19th century, the whole world introduced Belshullen horses and local horses to hybridize to breed their own excellent horse breeds ...

"Yes, Berchurma, why did I forget this!" Marin said, annoyed, patting his head.

Of course, the real Belchurma has not yet appeared. At present, Marin can find the ancestor breed of Belchurma at most in the Persh region.

However, even these ancestor breeds must have some of the advantages of later generations of Belchurma (Pershma). As long as it is cultivated, and directed breeding is carried out according to the advantages (the horses whose advantages are not obvious during the breeding are eliminated), naturally, the breeds of later generations such as Belchurn horses will naturally appear.

"Oh, why the French breed again?" Marin was teased directly. Feel that during this time, Marin always waved a **** to France and dug the corner. Moreover, it can be purchased with low-cost nickel-nickel-copper fake silver coins, not too cost-effective.

It can only be said that later generations of French animal husbandry technology is too powerful. Charolais, Limousin and Berschullen horses are very good livestock breeds.

But now, the French clearly do not have the consciousness and actions to cultivate excellent livestock breeds. So, let yourself be nurtured ...

So, Marin approached Kohler and ordered him to send a spy from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, carrying a large amount of fake nickel silver made of nickel-copper copper, to the Persh region of France to buy the original breed of Belchurma. Marin asked them to pay attention to the advantage of "eat less and work more" when selecting a horse. This is very important for the horse. It is better to eat horses but eat food and eat less. If you eat less, if you do less work, it will not be worthwhile. Therefore, the Belcher horse, which has these two characteristics, will become a world famous horse in later generations.

Marin thought of the tall and strong Sharma. This horse is indeed tall and powerful. But the meow, and with it, its food intake is also particularly large. In general, it is not very cost-effective at all. If it were n’t for Sharma ’s potential to drag on heavy artillery, Marin did n’t want to keep raising this “big stomach” ...

Speaking of this, the requirement of "small food and more work" is really a bit embarrassing, oh no, it's an embarrassment ~ www.novelhall.com ~ But this is a world dominated by people, not an empire. Therefore, we can only choose to pull the horse in accordance with the criteria of this difficult horse.

Fortunately, there is a breed of Belchurn horse that can be found, otherwise, Malin will also be blind.

In order to obtain and develop better breeds of horse-drawn horses, Marin ordered high-paying recruits to raise horses and horses, and went to the Perche region of France to find a horse that meets the requirements.

Then, Marin will open a breeding area for the Belshuron horse in the horse farm in the north of Aurich, and gather a group of masters of horse breeding and Soma horses to carry out fixed-point breeding to obtain similar Belshuron horses. Excellent horse-drawn horse.

Marin does not seek to develop an excellent horse with the same characteristics as later generations of Belchurn horses. Even if he only has part of the advantages of Belchurn horses, Marin will not lose.

Moreover, Eastern European Mongolian horses will also be used as one of the crossbreeding samples. Why? Because Mongolian horses are resistant to rough feeding! I don't usually work, and Mongolian horses can eat grass. Unlike European horses, they often eat food. If you can retain the advantages of Mongolian horses resistant to rough feeding, even if it is not strong enough, Marin can accept it. After all, food costs money, does grass cost money? Therefore, it is also an important research direction to use the Eastern European Mongolian horse as the female parent to introduce the genes of other excellent horses, and to breed the horses that are resistant to rough feeding ... ()