Chapter 18: Ranch Procurement (1)

After arriving in the city, several people came to the car sales store first, and John suggested that Jinyang buy a few pickup trucks with more horsepower, this F150 horsepower is still too small to be suitable for ranching.

After watching it for a while, under John's recommendation, Jinyang bought three F450 Ranch King Edition, which has very high horsepower, and it is said that each one can tow two empty Black Hawk helicopters, and then equip each car with a trailer that can tow more than a dozen cows.

After that, he bought six legendary all-terrain vehicles, namely quad bikes, and finally a series of agricultural machinery such as mixers, balers, tractors, lawn mowers, etc., which cost nearly a million dollars in total.

Each person drives a car, and the remaining cars and farm machinery are delivered to the ranch by the sales bank. Then Jinyang went to the city government to register the new name of the ranch, and from then on the ranch was called "Bauhinia Ranch". Next, I have to go to the harness shop and buy some saddles, water reins, sweat pads, etc.

When I arrived at the harness shop, good guys, at a glance, all the water reins, rows of saddles were neatly arranged, all kinds of cowboy hats looked very beautiful, and the riding boots were also very distinctive, with various patterns on them, which looked very handsome.

These things look colorful when placed together, and Jin Yang is dazzled to see them. Now it's basically a mechanical saddle, strong and cheap, but the comfort is much worse than a handmade saddle, so now there are fewer and fewer handmade saddles.

The shopkeeper was an old man in his fifties, who looked very energetic, and when he saw a few people from Jinyang walking in, he came up and greeted: "Hello, friends, is there anything you need help with?"

"Hello, we need 15 pairs of saddles, as well as matching water restraints, riding boots and sweat pads, etc., what are the good ones. Jin Yang shook hands with the shopkeeper and said.

"It's a pleasure to serve you, my saddles here are very good, John and I are old acquaintances, he knows how I am here, you can let John help you choose, he is a shrewd fellow. The shopkeeper seemed to be very familiar with John, and he was also very kind, so he said to Jinyang with a smile.

Since this is the case, Jinyang will entrust it all to John. Then John began to carefully observe the harnesses, and each of the selected saddles, riding boots, and other items would be looked at very carefully, and if there was a slight dissatisfaction, he would immediately change to another one.

While choosing, he also taught Jinyang the trick, why choose this, what if there is a problem here, how to distinguish the quality of a saddle, etc., which really made Jinyang learn a lot of things.

In addition to the 15 sets of harnesses that were mechanical, Jinyang also purchased two pairs of saddles handmade by the boss himself at the recommendation of the boss.

There are two pairs of pure white saddles with a sparkling gold buckle on the left and right sides, and there are many beautiful gold wire patterns on both sides of the saddle, and even a layer of beautiful gold patterns are plated on the front and back of the saddle and all around, which looks high-end and atmospheric, and Jinyang likes it very much.

In addition, there are two matching horse head covers inlaid with gold wire patterns, the whole horse head cover is very beautiful, just like a mask for the horse, noble and mysterious, very good.

Jin Yang also equipped himself with a cowboy hat, two pairs of handmade riding boots, two leather trousers, water reins and sweat pads, etc.

The pastures are knee-high grass, and if you don't do a good job of these protections when you work in the pasture, it's almost fatal, because no one knows what will be in the grass, whether it's a bug or a snake, it depends on the individual's creation, and it's terrifying to think about.

Jinyang bought so many things, this is a big customer for the shopkeeper, and he gave Jinyang a lot of gadgets, including some cowboy hats and leather buckles made by the boss himself.

After the things were bought, a few cowboys moved the things into the car, and then the group drove to the supermarket again, because the ranch recruited a lot of cowboys, Jinyang had to prepare food for so many people for a week, as well as some daily necessities for the cowboys, including bed sheets and bedding or something, Jinyang had to buy it, seeing that Jinyang was so careful and generous, several cowboys were very happy.

After buying food and daily necessities, a few people went to the restaurant to eat something and drove to the cattle market, striving to buy all the cattle and sheep today. Jin Yang didn't know much about cattle and sheep, so he asked John's opinion on the way: "John, what kind of cattle do you say is better to raise on the pasture?"

"Boss, the more famous cattle breeds in the United States are Angus cattle, Simmental cattle, and Limousin cattle, among which Limousin cattle are large beef cattle, which grow fast and have more muscles, but the fat is relatively small, and it is not easy to marble, and it is difficult to raise top beef, so it is not recommended. Simmental cattle are large breeds of cattle that use both milk and meat, and are not suitable for raising beef cattle exclusively.

So I still recommend the boss to raise Angus cattle, Angus cattle are the most important breed of beef cattle in the United States, black hornless beef cattle, Angus cattle adult bulls average live weight of 700-900 kg, cows 500-600 kg, calves average birth weight of 25-32 kg.

Adult body height male and female cows are 130.8 cm and 118.9 cm respectively. Fast growth, early maturity, more meat, slaughter rate is generally 60%-65%, lactation daily weight gain of 900-1000 grams. The average daily weight gain (within 1.5 years) during the fattening period is 0.7-0.9 kg.

Muscle marbling is good. Moreover, Angus cattle are easy to raise, very adaptable to the environment, resistant to cold, disease, and grain feeding, and have a mild temperament and no horns for grazing management. John said the first thing and seemed to know the cows very well.

"Then raise Angus cattle, and our ranch will definitely raise the best Angus cattle. Jin Yang said.

"Boss, then we have to hurry, five thousand cows is not a small number, we must carefully select each cow, this is not sloppy. John said earnestly.

When it came to the bull market, many large trailers were parked in the open space on the side, and a few people in Jinyang also parked their cars in the vacant space on this side of the open space, the bull market is a bit like the slave market in the previous movie, and many cattle around are fenced off with railings.

There is a high platform in the middle, and there is a large electronic scale next to it, it seems that it should be the host or the cow economy and the like to shout and weigh the cow, and then Jinyang saw a lot of people picking and choosing there, and it was very lively.

As soon as Jin Yang and the others entered the bull market, someone shouted at John: "Hey, John, have you found a new boss?

John pointed at Jin Yang at the big black man who looked black and strong, and said, "Yes, this is my boss, we are going to buy some Angus cattle today, Thomas, do you have any recommendations?"

After John finished speaking, he said to Jinyang: "This person's name is Thomas, and he is a relatively famous cattle economy in this area, and we have to rely on him to buy so many cattle today." ”

"The market hasn't been good lately, the price of forage has risen so much that a lot of pastures can't be sustained, those damn Wall Street maniacs. A lot of farms are selling cattle these days, so it's still easy to buy cattle, but how many Angus cattle do you need?" said Thomas.