Chapter 1887: The plan to breed Piflow cattle
Of course, Marin did not put all his hopes for the search for jatropha in the area near Beaumont. In addition to sending an expedition to Beaumont, Marin also sent an expedition like the Florida Peninsula. After all, the climate characteristics of the Florida Peninsula are very suitable for the growth of Jatropha curcas, and it is very likely that wild Jatropha curcas can be found there.
In addition, there may be Jatropha curcas in Central America. Therefore, Marin also sent an expedition to Cuba, and Tara assisted them in finding the Jatropha curcas.
This is because Marlin watched TV programs in his last life and only heard that Jatropha curcas is "originally from southern North America". Cuba, including the entire Caribbean region, is considered North America and is also "Southern North America." I am not sure, there are wild jatropha trees on the Cuban island. Moreover, the island of Cuba has been developed for a long time. With the help of the ground snake, Tara, the search conditions are much better than going to North America.
But in that colony on the Florida peninsula, Marin was less concerned. After all, there are neither the oil fields that Marin values on the Florida peninsula nor the prairies that easily hunt bison. Therefore, that colony was purely a temporary stronghold for finding jatropha curcas. Once the mission is completed, it is estimated that the stronghold will be abandoned. Unlike Beaumont, Marin intends to operate as a base camp in southern North America.
In the future, Beaumont will definitely build a city, plus an inland port terminal. At the same time, a cement slab road will be built to lead directly to the North American prairie in the inland area.
In addition to hunting for bison, you can get a lot of meat, and the vast grasslands that vacate after hunting bison are also excellent pastures for grazing.
Beihai is currently cultivating North Sea sheep that produce fine wool, and also focuses on the cultivation of East Fuli raw sheep with large milk production. If you control this place in Texas, you can make full use of the local fine pastures to stock large numbers of North Sea sheep and East Friesian sheep. Then, it is more perfect to graze some more cattle.
Moreover, Marin also plans to use North American bison to improve the characteristics of European cattle. Marin remembers that the Yankees used North American bison and European beef cattle to breed Piflow cattle in their last lives.
Piflow cattle are stronger than European beef cattle (after all, they have North American bison blood), and they are more tenacious and can withstand bad weather, such as snowstorms and the like. Moreover, its fertility and meat quality are very high, and there is more milk production.
Of course, in this era, meat quality and milk production capacity are secondary. Its strong characteristics are what Marin values most.
Because they have the pedigree of North American bison, Piflow cattle are stronger and stronger than European beef cattle.
This feature is useless in later generations. But in this era, the effect on cattle farming is huge!
Bisons are different from ordinary cattle. Ordinary cattle have strong endurance but poor explosive power. Cultivated land or something, slow and long, affects the efficiency of cultivated land.
And the American bison is a high-speed cattle, able to run at a high speed of 50 to 60 kilometers, and has reached the standard of high speed. It can be seen that the American bison's explosiveness and flexibility are far superior to ordinary domestic cattle.
Marlin also likes this. When crossbreeding, in addition to eliminating ferocious breeds with bad temper, the speed and explosiveness of cattle are also important characteristics that need to be retained. Because explosive power and speed mean that the speed of cultivated land becomes faster ...
Bulls have strong endurance. If the explosive force and speed also come up, then there is no horse farming. Of course, when cultivating new varieties, we should also pay attention to the temper of the varieties.
If you breed a grumpy cow and move like a Spanish bullfight, you're done. Therefore, this requires observation and directed breeding of several generations of hybrid cattle breeds. It is necessary to retain the advantages of strong explosive power and fast speed, but also to control the temper of the cattle and avoid breeding violent cattle that threaten human safety.
Although Beihai has produced a single-cylinder diesel engine, it is possible to produce a walking tractor. However, because the diesel output is too low, it is impossible to widely apply tractors to agriculture.
Therefore, for a long time, before oil could be mass-produced on a large scale, arable land was still the mainstream of the world. But the horse's endurance is not enough, and the requirements for feed are high, and the cost of feeding is high. Eastern European Mongolian horses are not picky eaters, but their physiques are too thin and inferior to Western European horses.
In this way, if you can cultivate a cattle that is not much worse than horses and has strong endurance, it has become the best choice.
Even if the cross-breed Piflow cattle can't run the speed of 60 kilometers per hour like the North American bison, it is enough as long as it is faster than the European cattle. Because ordinary cattle are too slow, even if a lot of cattle are used to pull the Prader plow cart, the amount of cultivated land per day is difficult to exceed 15 acres. And if there are enough horses, the amount of cultivated land per day can exceed 30 mu ...
There is no way. Ordinary oxen have slow temperament, and they will not move forward without pumping it. If it is used to pull a plow, the feeding cost is much lower than that of a horse, but the speed is really worrying ...
Therefore, Marin intends to make the rapid development of Piflow cattle a very important goal.
If you can cultivate a fast, gentle and obedient Piflow cow, in the future, the bullock cart may not become an important means of transportation ...
In fact, Marin's request is a bit critical. Because fast speed and docile personality often conflict with each other ...
Generally speaking, those cows that are more docile and obedient are chronic, and their speed cannot be improved. And those fast-moving cattle tend to be more anxious. Otherwise, you will not run.
Therefore, Marin's requirements for the cultivation of Piflow cows have almost ruined those livestock experts ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ it is good……
However, Marin is the big brother, he has the final say. He said that for fast and good-tempered cattle, these livestock experts can only do so. In this way, when selecting and cultivating new breeds of Piflow cattle, the difficulty is too much.
Therefore, in the future, the cattle finally bred in the future will definitely be a compromise in all aspects. For example, the speed must be reduced, and the speed of the original American bison cannot reach 60 kilometers per hour. At the same time, the temper will also become a little bigger than ordinary cattle ...
After all, in the end, livestock experts can only find a balance between the two, try to select the best comprehensive performance, which is acceptable in both aspects.
Finally, Marin knew the reason and took the initiative to lower the standard-it is not required that the running speed of the Piflow cattle after crossing can reach the speed of 60 kilometers per hour of genuine North American bison. However, the speed of 20 kilometers per hour is still required, that is, the speed of future bicycles.
This speed is already one-third of the original bison. But if you can achieve this speed, it is also very strong. Because the speed of the carriage on the official road is no different. Moreover, the endurance of horses is far inferior to that of cattle. If the newly bred Piflow cattle can reach this speed, and their temper is not too bad, in the future, Piflow cattle cattle carts may become the main force of transportation ... After all, the endurance of cattle is much stronger than horses, feeding The requirements are still low ...
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