Poor family mother and son

Chapter 452 Automatic Water Pump

In the Qing Dynasty, Ma Guohan once edited a "House Economics Law", which edited and included some ancient family-run agricultural techniques summarized in the Jin Dynasty.

There is a record of large-scale chicken raising: "Chicken raising method: first plow an acre in February to make a field, sprinkle it with rice porridge, mow the grass to cover it, and grow white worms by itself.

So I bought ten yellow female chickens and one male.Build a house on the ground, with a square area of ​​five feet, and hang a scorpion under the house, so that the chickens can sleep on it.

And make a chicken coop, hanging in the middle.The summer moon is full of day, and the rooster should return to the house to rest.And build a hut in the garden, so that chickens can get adopted sons, but crows can't. "

It means that in February, one mu of mature land is plowed first, rice porridge is sprinkled on it, and fresh thatch is cut to cover the ground, which will attract insects to lay eggs and produce a large number of larvae.

"Working field" refers to a ripe field, that is, a field that is being cultivated.

There are many insects such as earthworms and grubs in such a field, plus the white worms that are born, the worms themselves can reproduce quickly for chickens to eat.

This method is similar to what Wubing told Chu Qing, "chickens and ducks produce manure, dung breeds worms, and insects feed chickens and ducks", but Chu Qing thinks that there is no way for Wubing to be simpler and more practical.

So I also told Xu Guangze this method: "Collect the poultry manure and dry it in the sun, mix it with some rice bran and river mud, mix it evenly, cover it with hay, and worms will grow in ten days;

These worms are crushed and mixed with amaranth, gray vegetables, pasture, etc., and fed to chickens and ducks, it is a good feed;

Just remember that chicken manure, duck manure, and goose manure must be separated to retting insects, so as to avoid mutual infection of diseases due to different species of poultry;
This recycling method for farming also allows the common people to spend less food;

Furthermore, the wasteland is large, and poultry have a place to graze every day, so it is not easy to get sick, and their feces can be collected and used, so they will not get dirty and get sick due to untimely cleaning;
Except that planting pasture requires some labor, the elderly and children can do the rest;

And these wastelands that have grown pastures are much easier to grow food in the future. "

Xu Guangze listened intently, and when Chu Qing finished speaking, he suddenly slapped his chopsticks on the dining table and yelled at his teacher, "Why don't you write it down!"

He was afraid that he might miss something, how could he just listen?
As the saying goes, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, you have to write it down.

Did the master bring him to have a meal?
The master trembled: What a mistake!
Zhuo Yao had been drinking and chatting with him all the time, and he was only focusing on dealing with Zhuo Yao, so why did he notice Chu Qing's movements?

After dinner, Chu Qing and Xu Guangze walked around the farmlands of Wukeshu Village, Zhang Village and Li Village, just as a walk for food.

Walking in the field, water pipes are exposed between the ridges of the field.

"Chuqing, have you ever opened your head? How did it grow?" Xu Guangze pointed to the water pipe and said to Chu Qing, "How did you come up with this watering method?"

The way of watering is not strange, but things like water pipes are really hard to think of.

Due to the backwardness of industry, many things cannot be realized.

For example, this water pipe has neither plastic nor rubber, and the pipes can only be made from animal skin, metal, bamboo, etc., which is a time-consuming, labor-intensive and material-intensive process.

Moreover, the cost is high and the transportation is inconvenient. In short, the cost performance is very poor.

The water pipes and automatic water pumps in these three villages were all donated by Chuqing, so no other villages had them.

The water pipes are made of canvas produced by the Chu family and painted with oilcloth produced by tung oil.

It was originally for making oil umbrellas, but Chu Qing processed a batch of cloth pipes to make oil cloth pipes, because he couldn't find anything that could replace plastic and rubber.

The cost of making this kind of tube is not low, but fortunately, it is more convenient to store and transport, and can be reused.

The automatic water pump is relatively simple to make, and the bamboo that Chu Qing transported from Yibin Mansion played a big role.

Make two holes on both sides of a large bucket, one up and one down, to make the water inlet and outlet, connect them with bamboo pipes, and place them next to the wellhead.

Then block the bamboo tube at the water outlet, fill the bucket with water and cover it with an oilcloth, and wrap it tightly with a rope to seal it.

At this time, pull out the plug of the water outlet bamboo pipe, and use the pressure generated when the water is released, and the well water will be pumped out naturally.

The water outlet is connected to the tarpaulin water pipe, and the connection is tightly tied, and this "infinitely long" water pipe can be pulled to the field to water the ground.

Chu Qing's family has a lot of land, so he had to find some way to water his own land, so he made this kind of water pumping equipment.

Naturally, some were given to the three villages.

This is the "novice village" where Chu Qing came to this world, especially Wukeshu Village. They kindly accepted Chu Qing's mother and child, and gave them a way to make a living. Chu Qing has always been very grateful.

In recent years, whether it is donating animal plows, various saplings, grain seeds, or providing them with the conditions to work, Chu Qing feels that the icing on the cake is not as good as giving charcoal in the snow. When it is difficult to irrigate the farmland, helping solve the problem is her real passion. way of giving back.

Although the water pumped up in this way does not have a strong water pressure, and it takes some time to irrigate an acre of land, but the continuous water supply and movable water pipes save a lot of labor for the villages to irrigate the land.

Of course, when people use well water to irrigate the fields, they are still very economical, because they are afraid of draining the well. This year is dry, and they don't know when they will be able to replenish the groundwater.

Anyway, Chu Qing came all the way from Yibin Mansion, only the crops here are the best.

Chu Qing raised his feet to look at his trousers. There were also locust swarms, but they were not densely packed. Looking around, there were chickens and ducks walking around in the fields of each family, but the density was too low.

The clear water pipes gave the crops a chance to continue their life, and also gave the locusts a chance to hatch and grow, so there were quite a few locust gnats in the field, but they were far from the state that Xu Guangze said.

The chickens and ducks raised by the farmers are put into the fields, and these locust gnats that can only jump but not fly provide them with sufficient nutrients, and the number of locust gnats has also been greatly reduced.

Chu Qing saw the children in the distance directing the chickens and ducks to only walk in the ditches and not the ridges with willow sticks, and they were all very serious.

Xu Guangze said that this has also formed a kind of comparison among the children. Whose field has fewer locust gnats and fatter chickens and ducks are the targets of their comparison.

Now in the school, those who study well are "other people's children"; while in the fields, those who are well-fed chickens and ducks are "other people's children".

Chu Qing came back this time mainly to deliver food, and when it was delivered, he left for Xinlunzhou.

Entering Xinlunzhou, passing through [-] villages, the chickens and ducks there are interesting, there are all over the mountains and downhill, and it is much more difficult to herd than in Jizhou.

But [-] Village is very united now, and it is no longer a mess like in the past. Even if some chickens and ducks get lost, the farmers will help to raise and collect them, waiting for their owners to come and find them.

And in order to facilitate the distinction, they all thought of ways, such as tying a small piece of cloth on the wings or neck, writing their surname on it, or sewing a flower, or even finding a hemp rope to tie a knot as a mark.

(End of this chapter)