Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

Liu Xialian gave a thumbs up and praised: "My mother is right. What she said makes sense. How has it been developing recently? Are there any farmers nearby who would like to join the ranks of raising wild boars?"

"Of course there are. There is a family in Zhangjiatun with a large yard of five or six mu. They raise five sows and are expected to sell fifty wild boars a year. There is a family in your grandmother's village who bought a boar and four sows. Their old house has three mu of land. As long as there is no problem with sales, they will expand in the future. Li Hutu's family in our village raises five sows, and the sows they bought are pregnant."

"Li Hutu? Can he do it?" Liu Xia Lian had some doubts. Li Hutu was an honest man in the village, thirty-five or thirty-six years old. The roof of his house leaked, his children's clothes exposed their buttocks, and he couldn't even speak clearly in public.

"Yes, of course. You were busy and didn't pay attention to his family. His family has changed a lot this year. They planted three acres of long beans, two acres of cucumbers, two acres of oil beans, and three acres of sticky corn. They sold them for nearly four thousand yuan, which is several times the income of last year."

"I didn't expect that the changes are so great. Let's go to his house to see how he is doing and make improvements if there are any that need improvement."

"Okay, let's go check it out. Our veterinarian has been following up on this, and I haven't been there yet."

Why is it so difficult to expand small-scale free-range farming in rural areas? It is mainly due to limitations in technology, cost, and management. Generally, the scale of farming is limited to the number of animals you manage yourself. If the number is too large, it will be difficult for the hired people to pay attention to management.

Liu Xia Lian rode her big 28 bike with her mother, speeding along the path, and soon arrived at Li Hutu's house.

Li Hutu's home is in the east of the village, near the water bubble. It is the season for wild ducks to grow fat. They haven't come this year. After all, there was heavy rain in the summer and most of the place is soaked in water. It would be risking one's life to come here.

Li Hutu's house is surrounded by a wooden fence that is almost three meters high. It has five main rooms, two auxiliary rooms, and a clean and tidy front yard.

Mother knocked on the door: "Are you home?"

Li Hutu came out and looked: "It's Director Liu and Director Xu, they're here, they're here."

My mother said, "We are worried that your wild boars are not managed properly and will affect your income, so we came to check on you."

"Okay, no problem, come to the backyard."

The two of them entered the yard. Although they didn't have any mules or horses, they had newly bought a large 28 bicycle, a radio, and a TV. The radio and TV were both bought from Xu Xiong.

It seems that people really can change. I remember that this person couldn't speak clearly at that time. I didn't expect him to change so quickly.

The two followed Li Hutu to the pig house in the backyard, which was built quite perfectly. It was actually a small bungalow built with cement bricks.

"The pig house is three meters by three meters, and the small field outside is three by four meters. When it's cold in winter, I nail the windows and doors of the pig house with plastic sheets to enhance warmth. If piglets are born in winter, there is no need to worry, because there is a brick bed in the pig house. Once the brick bed is heated, the piglets will not freeze to death."

The five sows are growing well. When they were sold, they weighed only about 80 kilograms. Now, more than a month has passed, and they appear to weigh about 120 to 130 kilograms.

The feed was still available. The village had no shortage of corn, bean cakes, bran and salt, and it seemed that all of them had been used.

Mother flipped through the feed and said, "It seems your shell powder is useless. Shell powder is very cheap, only a few cents per pound. It only adds a little more than one pound to a hundred pounds of feed. There is no need to save this money."

Li Hutu scratched his head: "My wife said that thing has no nutritional value, so I didn't spend money to buy it."

"Shell powder is made from crushed shells. It doesn't really have much nutrition, but it can supplement calcium for pigs, especially sows. If you don't supplement calcium in advance, the sows will become paralyzed after giving birth, causing unnecessary losses. So you can't save on shell powder."

"Okay, I'll go to the veterinary station to buy it tomorrow and mix it into the feed."

"No need to go to the veterinary station. You are our cooperative farmer, so just come to my house and get it." said my mother.

The two of them walked around Li Hutu's house for a long time and found that it was generally okay and the hygiene was very good.

Liu Xialian pointed to the courtyard wall and said, "The wall of your courtyard is made of wooden boards, which makes it easier to climb in. Especially after the piglets are born, you need to defend against attacks by leopards and black bears."

Li Hutu pointed at the reed spear in the corner and said, "I made an armor-piercing spear from the blacksmith shop. It's specially used to deal with wild beasts. The blacksmith said that even a black bear weighing 300 to 500 kilograms would be killed if it was stabbed by it. In addition, I also prepared firecrackers. Wild beasts will run away in fear when they hear the sound of firecrackers."

The confused wife also came over, understood the purpose, pointed to the yard and said: "Next year, the two acres of land here will be divided into two pens, which will be used to raise pigs. It is no problem to raise forty or fifty pigs per acre. It is not a problem to raise a hundred or so wild boars a year. My house is on the edge of the village and will not disturb the neighbors.

Liu Xialian nodded: "Overall, it's still in place. Don't worry about sales. The price is about 30% higher than ordinary black pigs."

Li Hutu smiled naively: "We will do whatever Director Liu arranges. You are a big businessman and you will not cheat us farmers."

"As long as the farmers cooperate with the farm, there will be a market, but don't raise too many. Raise according to the reported number. I think it's enough for your family to sell 50 to 60 heads a year. If you raise hundreds of heads, firstly, the investment is too large, and secondly, it involves a lot of energy, which will delay the production of grain and vegetables."

Li Hutu looked at his wife, who said, "Okay, start with a small number, then slowly expand. You can increase the number at any time to reduce it."

Improved wild boars have just begun. High-quality, fresh wild boar meat tastes very good, and it is not as strong as pure wild boar. It has a high lean meat rate and less fat. Wild boar meat with spicy peppers is a hot-selling dish whether it is in Linyi Fried Chicken Shop or in an iron pot. One shop sells dozens of plates a day. There are also stewed pork ribs with beans, boiled pork slices, potato and pork slices, Mushu pork, stir-fried meat with fungus, etc. On average, one shop can use a wild boar weighing about 200 kilograms. According to the current five shops, five pigs are needed a day, so so far, it is still in short supply.

But by the same token, if more wild boars are raised in the future, it is inevitable that prices will fall, or they may even become unsalable. Therefore, farmers cooperating with wild boar farms must strictly control the number of wild boars and must not develop blindly, which will ultimately lead to a fall in prices or even sluggish sales.

When we left Li Hutu's house, it was almost dark.

Seeing figures swaying in the reed marsh to the east, Liu Xialian said, "Mom, you go back first. I'll go see what Daya and Erya are doing there."

Mother knew Xia Lian's ability, so she got on the bicycle and said, "Don't be too late, take these two children home quickly, what are they doing here so late at night?"