My portable world of mixed farmers

Chapter 426 The American Bison at the Foot of the Mountain
After breakfast, Dong Shanhe went to the ranch with Liu Miaomiao and his son.

The 12-acre ranch is the first time Liu Miaomiao has seen such a large ranch, or she has never seen a ranch larger than this in her life.

In fact, if you really want to see it, there are many opportunities to see it, that is, in the space, on the third land, between the two mountains, the area of ​​the grassland does not know how big it is, but Liu Miaomiao has never been there. , because she is not very interested in Zeng.

The car is still the Raptor F150. This car has no problem driving in the ranch. It has strong power, high ground, plus the excellent off-road ability and wading ability. It is perfect in the ranch, so this car is also One of the most popular cars in the entire American ranch.

The car is green, the same color as the ranch. I don't know who thought of spraying it in such a forgiving color, but Dong Shanhe likes it very much.

At this time of summer, the pasture is alive with a variety of flora and fauna here and there, passing through the grass from time to time.

"Honey, is it a fox?" Liu Miaomiao asked, pointing to a group of little things not far away.

Dong Shanhe knew it was a fox at a glance, and the grayish-autumn color was not very attractive, but it was an animal with many pieces in the ranch.

"Husband, what kind of animal is that?" Liu Miaomiao asked after a while, pointing to an animal not far away.

"That's an armadillo." After Dong Shanhe finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that this is not the place where armadillos live.

But even Dong Shanhe didn't think about this issue carefully for some reason, but continued to drive forward with Liu Miaomiao.

Brocken Ranch is on the south side of the small town of Dillon. The southernmost part of the ranch is close to the border of Montana. To the southeast is Yellowstone National Park. Dong Shanhe originally wanted to visit Yellowstone National Park, but think about it. The huge underground lava is moving, don't go by yourself, it will erupt again at that time.

For the United States, the strategic position of Yellowstone National Park is equivalent to the status of the Three Gorges Dam for China. If it is really attacked, it will definitely cause serious losses to the entire country.

So the major rogue countries in the world don't know how many nuclear warheads are targeting here, and I dare not say anything else, at least the polar bear and the Huaxia rabbit are definitely.

However, Dong Shanhe also understood the problem that Moore said, the environment of the ranch is not very good, at least he can clearly see that the quality of the alfalfa in the whole ranch is too low.

Piece by piece, large pieces of bare soil were exposed in some places, which made Dong Shanhe very embarrassed.

"It seems that the renovation project of this ranch is imminent." If you can't transform this ranch into a fully automatic sprinkler ranch, how can you have the ability to raise so many Angus black cows and dairy cows? If you raise one cow per acre, you can also raise them One hundred thousand heads.

This number is also what Dong Shanhe wants to achieve. If it is too much, his ranch may not be able to bear it. If it is too small, his own interests will not be maximized.

"Smith, find me a construction company to modernize the ranch." Thinking of this, Dong Shanhe stopped the car and called Smith.

"Boss, I have already handed over the matter of the ranch to Wood. You can call him. Besides, Wood is much more familiar with this aspect than I am." Smith said to Dong Shanhe on the phone.

"I see. I'll call him in a moment." Dong Shanhe hung up the phone as he said that. He only expressed this idea yesterday. Today, Smith handed over the matter of the ranch to Wood. It seems that Smith's political awareness is very strong. high.

"Smith knows how to train." For Dong Shanhe, the size of the ability does not matter. Anyway, he does not need any professional talents, as long as he is a qualified manager. It would be better if he is better.

The most important thing is to be able to carry out his arrangements strongly, that is to say, what Dong Shanhe needs is a strong executive manager, not an excellent independent manager.

"Wood, do you have any familiar construction company? I want to renovate the Broken Ranch." Dong Shanhe immediately called Wood.

"Boss, as for the construction company, I still know a few, but I don't know what kind of modernization you want to carry out? Do you have any special requirements?" Wood on the other end of the phone answered calmly, without putting Dong Shanhe's phone call is on his mind.

If it is changed to Huaxia, a deputy manager is directly arranged by the boss to work, this is the performance of being promoted.

"How about this, come over at noon later and let's have a good chat, I can't make it clear on the phone." Dong Shanhe continued.

"Okay, I'll be there at noon!" After communicating with Wood, Dong Shanhe hung up the phone.

"Why do you want to do something again?" Liu Miaomiao turned her head and asked Dong Shanhe. This was the first time she heard that Dong Shanhe wanted to renovate the pasture. How much would it cost to renovate such a large pasture? ?

"I want to renovate the ranch, otherwise our place is too dilapidated. Look at the ground, it's really not good." Seeing is believing, no matter how good it is, Liu Miaomiao looked down at the ground , I also feel that this pasture does not seem to be very good, and it is a bit different from the kind of grassland I saw on TV.

To change the image metaphor, the pastures on TV are the lawns of European five-star stadiums, with green grass, while the Brocken pastures are like the rotten vegetable fields of Chinese Super League stadiums.

"Husband, did we lose a lot by buying this ranch?" Seeing how poor this ranch was, Liu Miaomiao felt as if she had been cheated.

"You, we are not cheated at all when we bought this ranch for [-] million dollars, because it is worth the price, but if we want to develop well, we must renovate it." Dong Shanhe has a little obsessive-compulsive disorder, although he is not Virgo, but the obsessive-compulsive disorder still exists. If you want to do it, do it well, or don't do it. This is Dong Shanhe's style of doing things.

"How much will it cost?" Liu Miaomiao asked again, she was still more concerned about money.

"I don't know, but it's about the same as the price of buying a ranch." Dong Shanhe felt that if he wanted to modernize this ranch, he would have to spend [-] million U.S. dollars, otherwise he would not be able to get it down. The place still needs American workers to do the construction. Dong Shanhe has a headache when he thinks that it is the masters of these trade unions.

The workers in the United States don't care about you, as long as you sue the union and you are finished, you must know that the union has bankrupted a city, and you are short of a ranch.

"Oh, then be careful, don't be deceived." Liu Miaomiao said flatly.

She knew that she couldn't help much, the biggest help was not to make trouble for Dong Shanhe, as long as she took care of the child.

Dong Zhiyuan also stared at the world with his eyes wide open, feeling very curious, but he couldn't say anything, he could only stretch out his hands and babble, not knowing what to say.

"It seems that my son also knows that it is better to stay here than to stay at home." People have to go out for a walk from time to time, or they will be useless if they stay in the room all day. What kind of homeboys are people with some problems, right? Communication barrier is a problem with the three views. You see, if they really have a girlfriend who is in love, they will stay at home and play games all day?
Do you really think that Two-dimensional pillow is more fun than a meaty girlfriend?How can it be?Dong Shanhe is also from here.

Today's weather is not bad, there are some clouds in the sky, so the sun is not vicious, and the location of the pasture is very cool, but Dong Shanhe is also very worried about how to live this winter.

To the west of the ranch is the National Forest Park, which is a big mountain, and to the east is Yellowstone National Park, which is also a mountain. The ranch is actually between the two mountains, and both mountains are north-south, which makes Dong Shanhe very embarrassed.

Dong Shanhe, who has a good knowledge of geography since he was a child, knows how powerful the cold current in the North American continent is. The Arctic cold current goes directly from the north to the Gulf of Mexico. There is no obstacle along the way. Who makes the mountains of the entire North American continent run north-south? Yes, but also distributed on the east and west coasts.

The terrain of his ranch is a smaller version of the North American continent, "There will definitely be heavy snow in winter!" Even though Dong Shanhe has never lived here, he knows it is absolutely true.

"Well, we need to build some cowsheds for these black Angus cattle." Dong Shanhe felt that it was very necessary, if not, the beef cattle would be frozen to death by then.

The cold current blowing across the North American continent will bring you a one-meter-deep snow overnight, and bring you a temperature drop of [-] to [-] degrees.

Thinking about the dimensions of the small town of Dillon, it is about the same as the three provinces in the Northeast, and it is not impossible for it to be thirty or forty degrees below zero in winter.

Dong Shanhe browsed the scenery along the way, and carefully observed the advantages and disadvantages of the entire ranch along the way.

There are not many waters in the ranch, only a few lakes, small rivers, and few forests.

Although the entire pasture is endless and flat, which is very rare, it is not good for raising animals, especially for large beef cattle.

"I have to plant some trees!" Dong Shanhe wrote down in his small notebook.

Soon Dong Shanhe came to the southernmost end of his ranch. As for why Dong Shanhe knew that this was the southernmost end of his ranch, it was because some boundary markers were erected here, horizontal railings were pulled up, and there was a sign saying Brocken The ranch, that's why Dong Shanhe knew about it.

"We have reached the border, let's go back!" Liu Miaomiao said to Dong Shanhe holding her sleeping son.

"Wait a minute, I have to get out of the car to do something." Liu Miaomiao rolled her eyes without saying a word.

She knew what Dong Shanhe was doing, and as expected, there was a burst of water flowing soon.

Not long after, Dong Shanhe got into the car, "Husband, what do you think that is?" Liu Miaomiao, who was sitting idle in the car, looked outside the railing. It was a big mountain with a group of strange animals at the foot of the mountain. Liu Miaomiao didn't know him.

Dong Shanhe looked at Liu Miaomiao's finger, and then he was stunned, "Oh my god, the North American bison! Daughter-in-law, this is the national animal of the United States!"

American bison, also known as North American bison, is the largest mammal in North America and one of the largest bison in the world. Never flinch from the most aggressive predators.They have dark chestnut-brown hair and large, hummock-like shoulders.Within the herd, individual bulls form a collective and defend the herd's cows, during the breeding season of American bison between June and September.Each cow can give birth to one calf per year.

Despite its large size, it can still maintain a running speed of 60 kilometers per hour.The main herd consists of females and calves; males form additional bachelor herds, which come together only for mating.

The American bison are recent immigrants to North America. They originated from the European bison in Eurasia and later migrated to the Bering Strait.During the Ice Age, a large amount of water was frozen into glaciers, causing the sea level to drop, exposing the ocean floor continent of the Bering Strait between Asia and America.Many animals from the Eurasian continent crossed to America through this ocean floor bridge, and bison is one of them.

American bison live in herds, often wading through the dirt and enjoying mud baths.Rub the body on boulders and tree trunks to get rid of ectoparasites, mostly forage in the morning and evening, and rest in the rest of the time.When attacked by wolves, the running speed can reach 60 kilometers per hour. Herbivorous grasses and sedges are the main food of this species. Others such as flowering plants, leaves of woody plants and even lichens, bison dig thick accumulations in winter. Snow, look for buried plants below.

The lifespan of wild bison ranges from 18 to 22 years and in captivity 35 to 40 years.

American bison collectively inhabit the Great Plains of the United States and Canada in large numbers, from the Great Slave Lake in the far north of Canada to Mexico in the south, and from eastern Oregon to the Atlantic Ocean. Large herds of American bison wander back and forth on the Great Plains. They live in winter Migrating south and back north in summer, they follow a traditional route known as the "bison trail."

At the beginning of the 19th century, there were about 6500 million bison in the United States, but since Europeans set foot on the American continent, the fate of this large animal has changed forever.

After European colonists entered North America, bison were slaughtered in large numbers, and they were almost extinct by the end of the 19th century, with only a few hundred remaining. They were finally strictly protected, and the population has now recovered.Today, about 1 bison live on state-owned land managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, divided into 17 bison herds in 12 states.There are also an estimated 16 privately raised bison.

Yellowstone National Park, which straddles the three states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, is the only place where bison have lived since prehistoric times.The place where Dong Shanhe is now is at the foot of the Yellowstone National Park.

The American Wildlife Conservation Society began pushing for the national animal of the American bison in 2012. The image of this animal has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it has existed on the back of the five-cent coin for 5 years; it has been used by the United States Department of the Interior since 25 on the seal superior.

The President of the United States signed the bill two years ago, thus officially establishing the American bison as the national animal of the United States. After becoming a national animal, the status of the American bison has been comparable to that of the national bird of the United States, the bald eagle.

(End of this chapter)