Chapter 1410： Spring wheat

However, this year's spring cultivation, Marin intends to play a little flower. For example, instead of growing only rye, we plan to grow some wheat ...

The wheat planted in spring is of course the legendary spring wheat. Of course, there is no such thing in Europe. The native wheat in Europe is currently very pitted. Right now, wheat native to Europe is generally planted in November of the first year. Then, harvest in October the following year. Its growth cycle is almost close to a whole year ...

Marlin clearly remembered that the winter wheat planted by his family in the previous life was planted in November and harvested in early June of the following year, that is, during the college entrance examination. When there is no restriction on burning wheat straw in the country, the thick smoke of burning wheat straw outside the city during the college entrance examination can permeate the entire county and make people cry. Later, farmers will plant rice and harvest in October ...

But that is the afterlife, the wheat seeds are not the same. Moreover, the application of phosphate fertilizer in later generations can also promote the early ripening of wheat.

In Europe in this era, early-maturing wheat varieties were not available. In addition, the latitude in Europe is generally higher than that in China. Like the northern part of Germany, the latitude is almost the same as that of the later Great Xing'an Mountains. However, due to the warm current of the North Atlantic, the climate in northern Germany is much warmer than that of the Greater Khingan Mountains.

In fact, it is not that East Asia has no warm current. Instead, the warm current Kuroshio in East Asia was blocked by the Japanese archipelago and could not affect the Northeast. If the Japanese islands sink, the Northeast can be warmer ...

There are no seeds of spring wheat in Europe, but Marin has been to Daming. In Daming, spring wheat is grown in the north, and winter wheat is grown south of the Yellow River.

Although spring wheat is not as delicious as winter wheat, but is that also wheat? If dry crops such as millet are planted, the output will not increase. Even in later generations, millet output per mu is only three to four hundred pounds, rarely exceeding 500. There is no way, the variety is like that, it is really difficult to high yield.

But in this era, the northern region south of the Yellow River was generally winter wheat and millet rotation. Because millet grows short. The winter wheat in this era is longer than later generations because there is no phosphate fertilizer. Therefore, the interval time is generally transitioned with millet that only needs to grow for three or four months. Later, after the introduction of corn from the Americas, corn was more productive and the growth period was shorter. Then, winter wheat and corn rotations became popular in the northern region.

Of course, that is the afterlife. Later spring wheat is generally sown north of the Great Wall because it is too cold north of the Great Wall and winter wheat cannot withstand the cold winter.

In this era, it seems that the weather is a bit colder than later generations. Therefore, spring wheat is also mainly planted in the vicinity of the northern capital, including northern China.

No, while Marin stayed in Daming Capital, he took the opportunity to acquire a lot of spring wheat seeds. Of course, most of them are winter wheat seeds.

But the northern latitude of Germany is too high, plus this time is a bit cold. Therefore, winter wheat or something, Marin does not want to, generally sent to the Americas to grow.

For spring wheat, the amount of Malin's purchase is not much, only 100,000 catties, only enough to plant 5000 acres of land. But Marin is not greedy, anyway, he did not intend to promote spring wheat as the main grain of the North Sea country. After all, this place in Beihai is really not suitable for wheat cultivation. Mainly, the accumulated temperature is not enough ...

In addition, farmers in the North Sea are not very suitable for the cultivation and management of wheat. In particular, the management of wheat fields is much more troublesome than rye fields.

Rye's vitality is tenacious, similar to that of wild grass. After planting rye, farmers basically need not worry about weeds. Because rye itself has the general vitality of weeds, weeds compete with it and may not be able to compete.

Unlike wheat, which is much tenderer and easier to be "bulled" by weeds. Therefore, it is very troublesome for farmers to go down to remove weeds frequently.

Also, wheat needs more water. Growing wheat requires more irrigation water. For this reason, it is necessary to dig irrigation ditches and excavate water ditches in the field to facilitate wheat flood irrigation.

Moreover, wheat is not rice, and it cannot be flooded for a long time. You need to master the time and quantity. Without certain experience, it is difficult to do well.

Such a troublesome process, with the IQ of the German rough guys of this era, seems a little difficult to understand and troublesome. Therefore, in this era, the wheat is generally planted along the fertile land along the edge of the river. On the edge of the river, the waterwheel is convenient. The waterwheel can be irrigated by itself without the need for manpower. The ancient Chinese people were different. In order to irrigate the wheat, they actually used human power to step on the waterwheel ... Anyway, it was difficult for Europeans in this era to imagine themselves "transforming" into mules to step on the waterwheel ... even in Italy There, at present, only the methods of excavating irrigation canals and water trenches have been learned from the Arab side. It is unlikely to ask them to ride a waterwheel ... Therefore, the wheat production areas in Europe in this era are generally on the land along the river valley, and irrigation is very convenient ...

Of course, Marin will not let the people step on the waterwheel, and there are not many 5,000 acres of spring wheat. Therefore, he simply chose 5000 acres of land next to the Ames River in Lyle County for planting spring wheat. And Marin ’s corn field on Manhattan Island, because on the small island in the middle of the Hudson River, irrigation is not a problem.

Although, spring wheat is not as tasty as winter wheat. But that is also wheat. In any case, the bread made of wheat flour tastes much better than the bread made of rye flour. If the average yield of 500 acres of wheat on the 5,000 acres of wheat is 500 jin, there would be 2.5 million jin of output. Used to make white bread, it can be made a lot. If you sell it, you can sell it at a high price. Anyway, there is no spring wheat in Europe, and not many people even eat white bread. If you sell it, you can basically sell a high price of 5 fenny per pound. If 2.5 million pounds of wheat are sold, there will be more than 40,000 gold coins ...

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"Oh, can wheat be grown in spring?" Marin ordered the planting of spring wheat by the Ames River in Lyle County, shaking the whole North Sea country. Because, this is not reasonable.

Therefore, when planting spring wheat, the riverside is full of people watching the lively. You know, European wheat is usually sown in November of the first year.

Marin didn't care about the lively crowd because he also wanted the people to take a look at the wheat growing process.

In particular, the usual management of wheat ~ www.novelhall.com ~ needs to be seen by farmers. Wheat is not rye, rye can be planted regardless. Wheat is so expensive that it needs to be irrigated several times, and usually weeds in summer. This series of actions is not quite the same as the agricultural habits of German farmers.

Therefore, Malin planted these 5,000 acres of spring wheat, not to promote spring wheat, but to let German farmers understand the wheat farming and management process.

After all, many German farmers will be sent by Marin to the Americas to grow wheat. Let them be familiar with the process of wheat management in advance, and it is also an upsurge in knowledge, so that they will not be overwhelmed when they arrive in the Americas.

As for Manhattan, Albert is also lucky to promote wheat cultivation. Because there is no shortage of water there. Moreover, Manhattan Island is located in the middle of the Hudson River. After the weeds have been cleared, weeds outside the island can't come in. Therefore, weeds are rarely needed. Therefore, the wheat harvest there was completely shit.

Fortunately, Marin went to Daming this time and brought back many farmers. These people will serve as demonstrators in Manhattan Island and the La Plata River in Argentina, instructing local immigrants how to grow wheat carefully so that the wheat field is not overwhelmed by wild grass ...

Marin publicly planted spring wheat in the North Sea country, and arranged a farmer brought back from the Ming Dynasty to guide the serf to manage the wheat field. In fact, it was to cultivate the habit of German serf who usually weed and manage irrigation. When the first batch of farmers learns well, they will be sent to the Americas as "masters" who grow wheat and lead immigrants to grow wheat ...