After last night's members' meeting, all members and village cadres reached a consensus on the expansion of the pig farm!
Therefore, when the two production captains asked everyone to expand the pig house the next day, no one raised any objections.
Afterwards, almost all the young and middle-aged people in the village rushed to the livestock shed, busy expanding the pig farm and building supporting facilities for new feed.
Anyway, apart from this matter, the members don't have much to do now, so they can just earn some work points.
After all, the crops in the fields have been watered now, and the team's farm work has come to an end for the time being.
In previous years, this time would have been spent cutting grass, grazing cattle, and fattening livestock.
If a family builds a house or repairs a yard, they often choose this time.
And if the educated youth want to go back to the city to visit relatives, the same goes for it. After all, it is too cold in winter and it is really not suitable to go out.
But now it's different, because Zhou Yang's plan to build a pig farm is really amazing. There are two hundred pig houses alone, plus other supporting facilities, it is really a huge project.
So while other production teams were taking advantage of their leisure time to rest, the Babaoliang team was strangely busier than before!
And just when Wang Ping and Zhang Genwang led people to expand the pig house, Zhou Yang officially started making new feed!
The biological starter has been fermented and more than 2,000 kilograms of grass powder have been produced, so Zhou Yang decided to produce the first batch of feed first.
In the large warehouse, Zhou Yang asked people to divide the screened grass powder into 100 kilogram piles, then add biological starter and appropriate amount of water according to the proportion, stir and mix evenly, and put it into the fermentation container.
The next step is to wait for fermentation. In winter, the fermentation period usually takes more than 15 days, while in summer, the fermentation period usually only takes about 5 days.
However, the key to biological feed fermentation is the container, because fermented feed must not be fermented in piles because the sealing performance of piles is not good, so fermentation tanks, tanks, or plastic barrels must be used for fermentation.
At the same time, it should be sealed well, preferably covered with plastic film and firmly secured with rubber bands.
And you can’t use a lid with a screw cap, because the lid is too tight and may explode due to the gas produced during fermentation.
Due to limited conditions, Zhou Yang asked someone to find a batch of large water tanks, the kind of large water tanks used in rural areas.
This kind of water tank is huge and can hold more than 200 kilograms per tank. It is also easy to seal and is very suitable for fermenting new feeds.
Of course, this method can be used when the scale is small, but if you want large-scale production, it is best to build a fermentation tank.
But I won’t use it for now, and it won’t be too late to build it again when I see the effect!
After disposing of the two thousand kilograms of grass powder, Zhou Yang immediately asked people to dispose of the smelly bones and residue.
The bone residue is poured into the large water tank used for drinking animals, soaked and cleaned, then steamed in a large iron pot, and finally dried!
After drying, it can be cracked and ground into bone meal.
However, the entire production cycle is as long as two weeks, and Zhou Yang can't rush it, so he can only do it step by step.
And he took advantage of the time when the new feed was fermenting to quickly translate the remaining textbooks to avoid Lao Xu writing to urge him!
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But just as Zhou Yang and the people in the village were busy building a pig farm, the water level at the Baofeng Reservoir also dropped significantly due to the opening of the gate to release water for many days in a row, and the situation of the flood outlet was finally exposed.
Staff from the Water Conservancy Bureau stationed at the Baofeng Reservoir were surprised to find that the reason why the reservoir's flood outlet was blocked was entirely because the middle opening was blocked by foreign matter.
And the thing blocking the flood outlet was a dilapidated iron-hulled boat!
After investigation, it was discovered that it was an iron-hulled boat used by the reservoir management office that suddenly sank while fishing a few years ago.
The staff of the management office tried various methods to salvage the iron-hulled boat, but in the end they were unable to fish it out. They forgot about it and did not report it to the Water Conservancy Bureau.
But what I didn't expect was that the ship actually drifted to the flood outlet and blocked the two openings in the middle.
The flood discharge port is a whole. Once a place is blocked, the surrounding sediment and other debris will gather together, and it is easy to form a large area of siltation.
The most important thing is that in order to ensure fishery production, the reservoir management office has not opened the gate and released water for many years.
It can be said that if Zhou Yang hadn't suggested inspecting the facilities and equipment, they might never have discovered that the flood outlets of the reservoir had become decorations.
After understanding the situation, Li Changqing and others suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
That's an iron-hulled ship. If it was to be cleaned temporarily, it wouldn't be that easy!
If there is an emergency, something big will happen!
Fortunately, the water level in the reservoir has dropped a lot. After identifying the cause, the staff of the Water Conservancy Bureau immediately formulated a dredging plan.
After an afternoon of intensive construction, the iron-hulled boat, which had been filled with sediment, was finally salvaged.
After the biggest silt blockage was gone, the remaining sediment and debris were nothing to worry about. Soon the other flood outlets of the Baofeng Reservoir were finally opened!
At this time, all eight gates of the reservoir were opened, and the water in the reservoir leaked wildly!
With the support of a large amount of water from the reservoir, the people of more than a dozen brigades near the reservoir were overjoyed that their crops were finally saved.
Coupled with the large number of fish running out of the reservoir, you can also get unexpected harvests while watering the ground, so how can you not be happy?
During this period, the people on both sides of the river were filled with the smell of fish, and the commune members who had been craving it for several months finally tasted a bit of fish.
However, unlike the joy of the common people, the atmosphere at the County Water Conservancy Bureau was gloomy and solemn.
As the water level of the Baofeng Reservoir continues to drop, more and more problems are exposed in the dam, even to a shocking extent.
Finally, when only one-third of the reservoir's capacity was left, Li Changqing organized all the technical staff in the bureau to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the entire Baofeng Reservoir.
Soon, the inspection report came out.
After reading the report, Li Changqing almost collapsed on the spot.
According to the investigation report, there are too many problems in Baofeng Reservoir and they are too serious.
First, the water gauge of the reservoir was damaged, the flood drainage channel in front of the spillway inlet was not smooth, and there were planted trees and signs and wire poles on the top of the spillway weir, which seriously hindered flood discharge.
In addition, the water conveyance culverts are not equipped with opening and closing equipment, and the flood control material reserves are single in variety, insufficient in quantity, and stacked irregularly.
And these are all minor problems. What is really serious is the serious water seepage at the waist of the dam's backwater slope, and even the mortar masonry at the foot of the backwater slope is hollowed out. Soft soil appears in a large area, seriously affecting the safety of the dam.
In addition, there are many mouse burrows on the back slope of the dam, some of which have penetrated deep into the dam body, and must be rectified in time.
In addition, the dam surface of the reservoir is uneven, the dam capacity and appearance are very poor, the drainage channel on the backwater slope is blocked, and the water flow erosion on the backwater slope is serious.
After identification, Baofeng Reservoir has actually become a "Category III dam."
According to the relevant regulations of the water conservancy department, the standards for the third category of dams are: the actual flood resistance standards do not meet the standards for water conservancy project projects issued by the ministry, or the project has serious hidden quality problems such as seepage damage, structural stability, and construction defects, which affect the reservoir. The dam is safe and the dam is not functioning properly.
In other words, Baofeng Reservoir is basically useless!
The County Water Conservancy Bureau immediately reported the relevant situation, and after careful decision-making, the relevant departments ordered the reservoir to operate empty and carry out risk relief and reinforcement as soon as possible.
After receiving the relevant orders and arriving at the Water Conservancy Bureau, Li Changqing immediately rushed to Babaoliang Village with gifts!
