On the way back, Li Guoqiang and Zhong Na's mother and son were in the same car, while everyone else was sitting in another car.
On the mule cart, Li Fengnian and Wang Ping looked a little solemn!
Everyone looked at Zhou Yang from time to time, but no one spoke.
At the beginning, Zhou Yang had been thinking about Lin Wanwan, so he didn't notice anything unusual.
But after the mule cart drove for a while, he realized that something was wrong with everyone's mood.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Why don't you say anything?" Zhou Yang asked in confusion.
After Li Fengnian "Bata" "Bata" took two puffs of dry cigarettes, he exhaled a pungent smell of smoke and said: "Are you really going to buy that obsolete crusher?"
"I have this idea, but I don't know if it will work!" Zhou Yang said.
"Is it true that without this grinder, your new feed wouldn't be able to be processed?" Li Fengnian asked again.
Zhou Yang shook his head and said: "No, the new feed can definitely be made, but the effect will be better if there is bone meal!"
Then Zhou Yang said again: "Let's put it this way, if we only use biological feed, if we want to raise a piglet to 200 pounds, it will take at least 8 months!"
"But if bone meal is added, this cycle can be shortened to about 6 months!"
"200 pounds, 8 months, are you sure?" Li Fengnian said with a shocked look on his face.
He has been the party secretary of the brigade for more than ten years, so he naturally knows the situation on the pig farm.
Under normal circumstances, it takes at least a year for the piglets of the production team to grow to 200 pounds.
Sometimes even after one year of raising it, it may not be able to weigh 200 pounds.
And Zhou Yang just said that if you use his feed, you can grow to 200 pounds in 8 months, which completely refreshed their knowledge.
"Sure!"
Zhou Yang also knew that what he said was indeed shocking to his father-in-law and others, but it was true.
We must know that the breeding cycle of most pig farms in later generations is generally about 4 to 5 months, and some pig farms can even shorten this cycle to 3 months.
Moreover, the standard for slaughtering pigs in later generations of farms was around 100 kilograms, with 120 kilograms being the best.
Considering that the conditions for raising pigs in this era are indeed far inferior to those of a few decades later, such as temperature, humidity, and other aspects that cannot be controlled at all, the growth rate of pigs should not be comparable to that of later generations.
But even so, after using biological feed, growing to 200 pounds in 8 months should not be a problem.
Hearing Zhou Yang's affirmative answer, not only Li Fengnian, but also Wang Ping, Zhang Genwang and others became excited.
It can reach 200 pounds in 8 months. There is really a lot to be done in raising pigs!
"Zhou Zhiqing, if you add that bone meal, can you really grow to 200 pounds in 6 months?" Wang Ping asked again.
"Well, the effect will only be better than I expected!"
Wang Ping said with some regret: "It's a pity that the new crusher is too expensive. We can't afford three thousand yuan, otherwise we can just buy one!"
"It's just too expensive. Our production team can't even afford 300 yuan. Where can we get 3,000 yuan!"
"Pity..."
At this time, Zhou Yang said: "Even if it can be taken out, it is not cost-effective. If the price of the old one is right, then buy the old one. If not, we will work harder and make bone meal manually!"
He has calculated before that if he raises a piglet according to his method, it will cost about 30 yuan for a piglet to grow to 200 kilograms and be ready for slaughter, not counting labor and space.
At the current market price, a 200-jin pig can be sold for about 120 yuan, with a profit of about 90 yuan.
In other words, just one crusher requires them to raise more than 30 pigs for free, which is really not cost-effective!
"Zhou Zhiqing, can you make bone powder without a grinder?" Wang Ping asked with a look of surprise.
"Yes, it's just a little troublesome!"
In fact, making homemade bone meal is not complicated. You only need to soak the bones in water for 1-2 days, and then steam them in a pot for a period of time. The purpose is to further mature the bones and drain out the salt inside.
After the steamed bones have cooled down, put them in the open sun to dry, usually for two weeks.
The purpose of drying is to evaporate the water in the bones.
Crush the dried bones with a hammer to get bone meal.
Of course, the bone meal produced in this way is not fine enough.
But Zhou Yang knew that there were several grinders in the village. As long as the bone fragments were put on the grinding plate several times, the effect would not be worse than what came out of the crusher.
It’s just that this is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it’s not as convenient as a grinder!
However, Zhou Yang obviously underestimated the determination of ordinary people in this era to get rid of poverty. After everyone heard his words, they immediately said that it was not a problem.
There are hundreds of strong laborers in the village. If it is not possible to allocate a group of people to do this, it will be fine, as long as the pigs can be raised well.
After confirming that this matter was feasible, Li Fengqing coughed and said, "Raising pigs is the top priority of our production team. After we return, we will cooperate fully and strive to get this matter started as soon as possible!"
"Okay, there are people in our four teams who want to give people food!" Wang Ping immediately expressed his position.
Not to be outdone, Zhang Genwang said immediately: "It's the same with our fifth team. I just hope Zhou Zhiqing can't favor one thing over another!"
Zhou Yang smiled and said: "Although we are two production teams, we are from the same village. How can I leave the fourth team and the fifth team alone? Then who am I?"
"Genwang, my son-in-law is a little temperamental, but he has no problem with his behavior!" Li Fengnian also said.
Zhang Genwang immediately said with a smile: "I still believe in Zhou Zhiqing's character. I was just joking with him just now, there was no other meaning!"
Zhou Yang did not continue on this topic, but said to everyone: "In two days, the crops in the field will be almost watered. With this water, there should be no problem in holding on until the next rain! "
"Before the autumn harvest, there won't be much business in the fields, so the main tasks of the members in the following time will be to focus on running a pig farm!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Ping said directly: "Zhou Zhiqing, you can just arrange the specific steps. We will all listen to you!"
"No, I have other things to do!"
Then Zhou Yang said again: "I have already made the expansion plan for the pig farm. I will leave it to you when I get back. I only need to get the feed out, and you will do the details!"
"In addition, I have found a qualified director of the pig farm. Maybe you can just follow his instructions!"
As soon as Zhou Yang finished speaking, Wang Ping asked immediately: "Director, who is it?"
"Yan Gengdong!"
"Who is Yan Gengdong?"
Wang Ping frowned again and said, he obviously didn't know there was such a number one person in the team!
Besides, is there anyone named Yan in Babaoliang Village?
After all, Zhang Genwang has been a production captain for more than ten years and knows more about the situation in the village. He immediately frowned and said: "Zhou Zhiqing should be talking about the young man who lives in the cattle pen!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere on the mule car suddenly became solemn, and everyone suddenly stopped talking!
