Of course, it would be a waste to put the new provinces and the newly acquired Ruhr area there without any care. Therefore, Malin planned to think of other ways to make appropriate adjustments to the agriculture and animal husbandry of these new provinces.
Since the Southern Münster Province is still under the rule of Bishop Conrad, there is no need to adjust it for the time being. West Friesland Province has been cleaned up and has been included in the new agricultural plan. Therefore, the new agricultural technology cannot be adopted at present, and there are only Jutland Province, Bremen Province and the newly acquired Ruhr area territory.
The Ruhr area is very large, including the area south of the Ruhr River in the original Markbour country. The area of ​​the entire area is about 4,000 square kilometers. In order to better manage this newly controlled area, Marin established the Ruhr Province. The capital of Ruhr Province is located in Bochum, the hometown of Marin for the rest of his life.
The original Baron Bochum had already followed John II, Duke of Cliffer, to the Xiagudes area and received good land compensation. Then, after Baron Bochum left, Bochum City naturally became empty and became Marin's new territory. Moreover, it was a territory with complete control.
Therefore, Marin simply set up the capital of the Ruhr District in Bochum City, and set up a barracks here to station 3,000 troops to protect local security.
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Although new agricultural technologies cannot be implemented in Ruhr, Jutland and Bremen, it would be too wasteful if you don’t care at all. So Marin decided to make some adjustments and reforms to these three provinces to avoid land waste.
For example, although the full set of new agricultural technologies cannot be promoted, Marin still intends to release some benefits - for example, in these three provinces, the use of plowing oxen is promoted.
Today, Marin can import tens of thousands of cattle from the Crimean Khanate every year. Now, the number of cattle in Beihai has reached tens of thousands. If it is used to kill meat, it is a waste of resources. Therefore, Marin plans to divide these cattle and supply the cultivated land of various estates. With more livestock, these three new provinces can also cultivate more land.
The use of plowing ox is mainly to promote the application of bull nose rings. Most cows, as long as they are wearing bull nose rings, they can basically cultivate the land honestly. However, there are also relatively irritable bulls, but they will most likely be honest after being castrated. If they are castrated and are not honest, they deserve to be killed and eaten meat...
Although there are many horses used for arable land in Europe now, the cost of raising horses is very high, resulting in limited numbers. Therefore, large areas of Ruhr, Bremen and Jutland have a low degree of development due to the lack of livestock in arable land.
Marin now has about 20,000 cattle surplus. If it is placed in these areas, even if new agricultural technologies are not adopted, it will be fine to cultivate one or two million acres of arable land.
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In addition, Malin also plans to increase investment in animal husbandry. Just in time, these three new provinces cannot adopt new agricultural technologies for the time being, so it is better to focus on the development of animal husbandry.
Especially Jutland Province on the Jutland Peninsula is the best area for the development of animal husbandry. Jutland Province covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square kilometers and is the largest province in the Great Principal of the North Sea.
Before, Marin had thought about vigorously developing agriculture in Jutland. However, it is actually more suitable for the development of animal husbandry. The land area here is large and there are many grasslands. Although the climate is not so warm, it can be used to develop animal husbandry, but there is no problem.
In particular, Marin used merino sheep and British fine wool sheep to cross a new fine wool sheep suitable for European and North American climates - the North Sea sheep.
At the beginning, Marin collected tens of thousands of ewes from England and sent them to the Ayuen grassland in Western Sahara. He bribed the Merino rams that Marin brought from Spain, and almost killed all the 408 rams there.
Afterwards, ten thousand pregnant British ewes were taken back to East Friesland and nearly twenty thousand lambs were born.
Of course, it does not mean that these nearly 20,000 lambs are suitable for cultivation as new varieties. Because Marin requires preferential breeding.
So, the nearly 20,000 lambs were divided into more than 400 units according to their patriarchal lines. Then, the department responsible for breeding was observed...
The purpose of observation is mainly to select the part of the lamb that has the thinnest wool and the fastest growing...
Afterwards, about 5,000 lambs were selected and then re-cultivated...
The growth cycle of sheep is very short and it matures sexually within one year and can be reproduced again. Then, these selected sheep and sheep began to reproduce again, and then formed a new stable breed - Beihai sheep...
Beihai sheep mature within a year, and can get pregnant twice a year and give birth to about two cubs at a time. In this way, in three years, in addition to the first year, the growth period of these 5,000 breeding sheep, now, the number of those 5,000 Beihai sheep has expanded to more than 20,000.
The wool cut from these North Sea sheep is of high quality, only a little worse than the wool of authentic Merino sheep and much better than the British wool.
Marin was very excited and ordered that these Beihai sheep should not be killed casually. Only the rams are not needed for all Beihai sheep. Therefore, Marin allowed to eliminate some unsupported rams. Other Beihai sheep should be preserved, especially paying attention to the breeding of the sheep, and trying to expand the number of Beihai sheep as soon as possible. In the future, the Beihai country's wool will only use Beihai sheep. The rest of the sheep must be eliminated.
Of course, this is just a sheep for wool. For sheep for meat, Marin also sent people to cultivate them. Among the hybrid varieties of merino sheep and British sheep that were eliminated, Marin also sent people to select hundreds of small lambs with not thin enough wool but growing very fast, and cultivate them as meat sheep breeds. In this way, it can also meet the people's consumption needs for mutton to a certain extent. This kind of meat sheep is named German merino sheep by Marin...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! However, the number of German merino sheep is very small, with only about 300 that meet the requirements. After two years of breeding, it has only reached about a thousand.
However, although the wool quality of this German merino sheep is not much different from that of the North Sea sheep. After all, they also have the blood of merino sheep and British sheep. In this way, they can provide mutton while also providing wool of high quality. At least, the quality is better than the current British wool.
It can provide both mutton and wool of good quality. Marin can believe that this kind of sheep will be the main breed for colonial expansion in the future. After all, the colonies are sparsely populated and cannot carry out large-scale agricultural production. Therefore, the sheep farming industry, which can use sheep dogs to help, may be the pillar industry of the colonies. This German merino sheep that can provide mutton to the colonists and wool with good quality is definitely a terrible existence...
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In addition to cultivating two sheep breeds, Marin recently used fake French silver coins made of white copper to buy a large number of Charolai cattle from the Charolai region of France.
This primitive breed of Charlottes has not yet met the quality standards of later generations. For example, many Charlottes still have powerful horns. However, Charlottes in later generations deliberately selectively cultivate hornless cattle for the sake of the safety of the cowboys. In this way, when the cowboys are trapped, they do not worry about being killed by the crazy cows with their horns.
But no matter what, it is said that these primitive breeds of Charlottes grow very fast, are large and strong. Fast growth and strong physique are one of the most important indicators for cows. With these two points, Charlottes is worth cultivating.
Marin then ordered the organization of professional talents to concentrate on cultivating Charolai cattle. However, he specifically asked - to find the hornless Charolai cattle and carry out special cultivation, so as to strive for the future Charolai cattle without horns. Otherwise, this would be a big threat to the cowherds...
For the cultivated Charolai cattle, Marin also ordered that it is not allowed to be slaughtered at will. The only slaughtered Charolai cattle are bulls with horns and not strong enough. As for cows, no one can be missing...
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Chapter completed!