In the seed collection room of the farm's biological laboratory, Hu Yicheng held a glass jar full of semen in his hand and tightly closed it. He was carefully putting it into an enamel jar filled with ice cubes, and was about to send it to test the sperm motility later.
Ice cubes are very precious and are made from a freezer. Freezers and refrigerators are now extremely luxurious items. Apart from Fengcheng Lun, they are only available in model farms and Bairen General Hospital.
However, this semen is even more precious - they have just obtained it from a stallion of a Tieling draft horse. This is the only Tieling draft horse in this time and space. The Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to use it for breeding to mares in the Agriculture Department.
Breeding population. Yang Guogui scorns allowing animals to have free love and natural mating - such breeding efficiency is too low, so the breeding animals have to enjoy the pleasure of "being masturbated". In the past few days, the biology department of the Ministry of Agriculture has raised eyebrows
Everyone is doing this job, sometimes it’s a boar, sometimes it’s a stallion, sometimes it’s a donkey... At present, only roosters, ducks and other birds have escaped this fate. A group of old men are working hard to help the animals masturbate.
, not only the animals are depressed, but the men are also depressed.
Since the spring, Yang Guoguo has been working tirelessly to import more livestock in the demonstration farm. This is also the trend of the times. The conditions for crossing the farm are limited, and various well-bred livestock are stored in liquid nitrogen tanks in the cold room on the ship.
Semen cannot be preserved indefinitely. Suitable female parents must be found as soon as possible. Several local cows are already breeding Dutch Friesian cows in their bellies. The day when people can enjoy milk in large quantities is fast.
Wu Nanhai is experimenting with planting alfalfa and corn on highlands that are not suitable for paddy fields to solve the feed problem.
"Mr. Hu!" While he was busy, someone shouted outside the laboratory. Hu Yicheng was agitated. No one here calls him "Mr.". He is usually called "Xiao Hu" or "Fox", and the natives call him "Mr. Hu".
"Chief", "comrade" and the like. I'm afraid the guy called sir is the Australian guy. When I came out, it turned out to be Nick, who smelled like horse manure as usual.
"Your transfer order!" He thrust a piece of paper into his hand. Hu Yicheng was a little confused. He didn't apply for a transfer. He was living a happy life on the farm. He wanted to put him somewhere else.
Don't do it!
When I opened it, I saw that it was an order to transfer him to a pharmaceutical factory. I am not a pharmaceutical student. Hu Yicheng couldn't laugh or cry. Fortunately, the pharmaceutical factory is also on the farm, so there is no need to move - he is already used to the comfort of the farm.
"Where's Datie?" Datie was the name given to the stallion of the two Tieling draft horses by the Agriculture Committee. The female was naturally called Xiaotie.
"In the shed at the back, it's done." Hu Yicheng stuffed the order into his pocket. He breathed a sigh of relief. Then he thought about it. This pharmaceutical factory is jointly run by the Ministry of Health. Maybe there will be a lot of opportunities for him in the future.
Nurse mm. Although they are all indigenous girls, after several months of training and wearing blue nurse uniforms, they look pretty good.
After Nick sent the notice, he hurried to see his horse. "Big Iron" was led out. After being stroked just now, the horse didn't look tired. Seeing Nick's arrival, he snorted a few times in excitement.
He patted the neck of "Big Iron" and checked whether there was any damage to its body, and then slowly led it to the stable.
Nick walked on the road paved with cinders, looking at the stables with high gabled roofs in the distance and the horses grazing and drinking water on the grass in front of the stables. He felt very comfortable and couldn't help but fall into memories:
It was not long after the farm was completed. Yang Baoguo gathered all the livestock that were scattered everywhere and rushed to the farm. This also included his beloved retired horse Alanchi-Landian was already in the chaos of the early landing.
He was killed. He even secretly shed tears for several nights because of this matter.
He has been caring about the horses since he handed them over to the Agricultural Committee for feeding. After Lan Dian died, he ran to the temporary horse pen every three days. Now that he heard that the horses had arrived at Bairen's farm, he hurriedly
Going to see it.
Under the guidance of others, Nick quickly found the farm that had begun to take shape. In the simple stables, he saw his baby and several other horses of various sizes and shapes, and looked at them there as if they were facing each other.
Ye Yuming was embarrassed. It was obvious that he didn't seem to understand these big guys.
"It's just a matter of causing trouble to others. I'm very happy that you and Mr. Nanhai can find him this shelter. Thank you very much." As a reward, he took out two boxes of 20 bottles from his luggage.
"Ten drops of water" was handed to him.
"I'm very sorry. I would be embarrassed to take out these things in normal times, but that's all I can do now. These are very effective in preventing and alleviating heatstroke. As someone who works under the scorching sun every day, these will definitely come in handy.
.In addition..." He suddenly remembered something and took out a few small bags from his luggage bag, "These are the bean seeds, oat grains, grains, corn and radish seeds I brought, all for horses and
Necessary feed for pigeons. I am not proficient in farming, so I can get rid of you and Nanhai to sow some seeds for them."
"This..." Ye Yuming looked confused. It wasn't that he disliked the trouble or anything else, but that he didn't know anything about raising horses. If he asked himself to take care of these horses, wouldn't he be risking their lives? Yang Guigui said
, Horse is a very delicate animal.
"Actually, I think you should just raise horses specifically." Ye Yuming suggested, "Only Dr. Yang knows a little bit here, but he is a veterinarian and cannot take care of horses every day. You may not feel at ease if others raise horses."
This is true. Among the more than 500 people, Nick is really the only one who really knows how to raise horses. "But -" he hesitated, "I made an agreement with the people from the Military Commission that I will be a horse rider for them.
Coach. Engage the cavalry."
"Riding coach?" Ye Yuming said, "What kind of cavalry can we do with just a few horses? Our key now is to let the mare give birth to more ponies to expand the number of horses."
Nick thought so, so he went to the executive committee again, and in addition to his position of "cavalry chief instructor", he added a new title of "horse steward". When he was on the farm, he was better than in the new army.
I have much more time. I travel tirelessly for horses, and I am called "horse crazy" by some mean guys behind my back.
Nick was specifically responsible for raising horses, which Wu Nanhai wanted very much - he was originally worried about what to do with a pair of Tieling draft horses and two donkeys, let alone the horses captured in the battle.
Nick soon discovered that the farm was a good place. There was everything here and there were plenty of supplies. More importantly, it was not as noisy as the beach camp and the main part of Bairen City. He built himself a wooden house next to the horse pen.
According to most people's opinion, it's not a good thing - you can smell the stench of horse manure all the time, but you can see the stables when you open the back window. He also built a pigeon shed next to the house. Among the animals in Fengcheng's wheel, only pigeons
He brought dozens of pigeons with him. In the chaos after D-Day, he not only lost a horse. He also lost several pigeons, including a homing pigeon "Feng Wing", which was probably obtained by that greedy guy.
It's gone in his stomach. He can rest assured that these little guys can be taken care of by himself.
In addition to a pair of Tieling draft horses and his Alanchi, there were three captured Yunnan horses in the stable. He checked the condition of the horses and found that they were all losing weight to varying degrees. Horses are very sensitive animals.
, it takes a long time to adapt to a strange environment. During this period, he was not well cared for, which made Nick very distressed.
The condition of the three Yunnan horses is even worse, with varying degrees of skin diseases. Judging from the unique deformities of the front hooves, these horses have never been shod, which shows that they cannot withstand high-intensity labor. Recently,
During the transportation of large-scale migrations, travelers who did not know how to drive their horses often had their hooves severely worn on the rugged roads.
For this reason, Nick had to announce a moratorium on using horses. While asking Yang Guigui to prepare local medicine to treat the horse's skin diseases, he found hoof trimming tools from his luggage. There were many of these items in his luggage quota.
The candlelight used to beat the hooves of these unlucky guys all night long - not only the native horses, but also the horses brought here had not had their hooves scratched since they landed ashore.
During the day the next day, he repelled planning committee personnel who tried to use horses to transport goods. Nick carried a big stick and claimed that anyone who wanted to take away the horses would have to step over his body. The nickname "Horse Crazy" suddenly became known.
spread like wildfire.
In the evening, he captured another person who was trying to steal pigeons. He was originally going to take him to Ran Yao, but later he found out that this person was a senior military leader in the executive committee, and he repeatedly promised to give the horse breeding industry the greatest support.
After that, Nick had to release him.
Nick wakes up early and stays up late every day. He uses a small wheelbarrow for stables that he brought to pick up horse manure and transport horse grass; he goes to Dongmen Market to look for grains that can be fed to the horses; he looks for suitable grazing land everywhere;
I know how to slap horseshoes, so I have to ask Yang Guogui for help. In order not to trouble others, I just learn the art from a master myself. When installing a separate drinking water channel for the stables, I went to the construction department many times, and also supervised the work on the construction site day and night. Grains.
When supplies were most difficult, he even reclaimed a small piece of land and asked someone to guide him in planting soybeans and corn.
His professionalism touched many people, and "Horse Madman" gradually became a nickname with praise. Everyone admired him: a man who used to play horse racing in Australia and lived a superior life in a material situation.
It's really not easy to do this in such a difficult place.