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After listening to Link's thoughts, Bob's heart finally settled down. If Hanova's main purpose remains the same, he doesn't have to ask for it. It's hard to find a job like a ranch manager these days.

"That means all three farms will still be dominated by grazing until at least next fall," he said. ”

"Yes. Link stood up and nodded, went and poured himself a glass of water, took a sip, and said. "But now Hudson's existing farmland, I plan to use it for pasture. ”

"What kind of grass are you going to plant?"

"What do you think of Mexican corn?"

"That's really good for cows, too. However, I would suggest that you rotate a variety of forages. ”

Link immediately said, "I can leave the affairs of pasture cultivation to you." You can adjust the plan as needed. ”

"OK!" Bob nodded in agreement. "If that's the case, maybe we can breed more cattle. The pasture may not be enough forage for the cattle, but if there are more than 2,000 acres of arable land dedicated to pasture. I think we can raise more than 15,000 cows. I'm planning to plant some corn in those fields. In this way, we can significantly reduce the cost of feed for cattle. ”

"This requires you to plan. Link nodded.

Even if the three farms were combined into one, he would be a large landowner who owned three large farms in three different states. He couldn't have done anything about the affairs of these three farms. If he really does it himself, not to mention that the concubine can't do it, even I can't do it.

He remembered one thing and said to Bob, "By the way, how many horses do we have now?"

"There used to be seventeen horses at Hanova and twelve horses at Merce Vecchilo Farm, but now there are twenty-nine horses in total, which is a bit of a lot. And three of them are pregnant. Maybe by the end of the year we will have thirty-one horses. ”

Most of today's large farms use cars for grazing, but many farms also keep horses. Link asked him, "What breed of horse?"

"With the exception of three two- to three-year-old hybrids, the rest of the horses are quart. ”

Link asked, "How can there be a half-breed?"

"It was left by the previous owner. It is said that he was going to raise it to ride it himself, but now he doesn't want it. Bob shook his head with a wry smile. The horses were brought by his ex-wife, a male and a female, and it is said that they were intended to be used to breed new breeds of horses and to breed racehorses. ”

Link let out an 'oh', probably understanding what he meant. These horses are certainly not good horses. Therefore, the previous owner does not plan to take away these things with a strong imprint of the ex-wife, so as not to have a pimple in the heart of the new wife.

He smiled and said, "Then you take care of it." My sister loves horseback riding, maybe she will in the future. ”

"Of course, we have more horses. Won't go to ride them. ”

Link felt that everything that had to be said had been said, and he planned to leave. Bob stopped him and said, "Link, if we're going to raise more cattle, do we do it slowly or do we buy enough calves all at once?"

Link thought for a moment and said, "What do you think about raising 12,000 heads first?" Let's start by looking at how much feed the grass can provide. ”

Bob laughed and said, "That's a little safer." Now we have 5,900 cattle, of which 350 are used for breeding. Maybe we can buy 3,000 heads of nine months to one year old, and 3,000 heads of three months to half a year old in six months. What do you think?"

Link had a bad knowledge of running a ranch, and knew that cattle in the United States had better be sold between the ages of twenty-seven and thirty months, or the price would drop somewhat. If you buy a calf that is nine months old to one year old and can be sold next winter, you can save a lot of winter feed. He nodded, "Yes." ”

"Then I'll contact the cattle broker later. Bob said again. "But there are other issues that need to be addressed to increase the number of cattle. Although there is very little snow here, the winters are still very cold and the ranch needs more cattle pens. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "You plan it." I'll find someone to build some new pens. By the way, does the increase in cattle mean the increase in manpower?"

"Yes. Now we have eleven cowboys, if the herd is increased. In addition, there is grass to be planted, and I think at least ten more workers will be added to keep it busy. ”

Link sat back down and said, "And what advice do you have?"

"Illegal immigrants in Latin countries are paid much less, but there are also certain risks. ”

Link shook his head again and again and said, "We have to operate legally." "He doesn't want to give anyone a grip.

"Then I'll recruit real cowboys. Now the salary of a cowboy is nine hundred to a thousand dollars a week. ”

"Then I'll leave it to you. "Cowboys work long hours and hard work, so that kind of weekly salary is not very high. "If nothing else, I'll go first. ”

Link made a phone call at Hanova Villa. The planned reservoirs and aqueducts were entrusted to Adrian Moss. To build such a project, they had to wait for their company to send someone to visit the site and make a budget.

He sat down, feeling a little depressed at the thought of it. He bought five pieces of land, and it cost more than 600 million yuan just to buy the land, and he had to spend a lot of money to transform those lands. But in the foreseeable next two years, perhaps Hanova Farms will bring him income, and that's nothing compared to more than $600 million.

If it weren't for the expectation in the later stage, he would have invested like this, and the word "loser" could not be described. He didn't have much time to stay in New Mexico, though. He's going to check it out over there in HSD too.

This time, the small plane he rented took off from the Conx National Park airport. It's closer to Hanova.

Back at Hans's farm, Benjamin told him: "Warren had already gone to HSD a day earlier with 10,000 cuttings alive. ”

The grapes that were cut into life were the ones he planned to use for trial planting. The vines of this grape may not be able to supply the HSD side next year. Now try planting, if you can plant it, you can prune some vine branches here and plant them by cuttings. If it doesn't work, then be smart.

This is something that he has to do himself. In the selected places, the stumps of the open spaces are turned over and the cuttings are planted as live grape seedlings. There are also people to be stationed over there.

In addition, he had to find a company agent to help him clear the woods.

He flew to HSD the next day, and Warren with a truck had already driven to the location he had designated. There is a piece of land that has been plowed over.

They hired a few people to unload all the vines and plant them all on the better-fed land. Because there was already a lot of humus in the forest, he didn't plan to apply additional fertilizer.

After planting the grapes, he hired a logging company and asked them to lead the team in to cut the wood. All he was going to cut down were small trees. I don't know how the news got out. Some people barged in in protest.

If it were in another country, Link might have to endure it. But this is America. Although this organization is based in the United States. But the law in the United States is "all equal". These people entered his land without his permission. After he called the police, he was taken back to the police station. YOU MUST KNOW THAT IT IS THE PRESIDENT WHO ENTERS PRIVATE LAND WITHOUT PERMISSION, AND IT IS ALSO ILLEGAL TRESPASS, AND THE LANDLORD CAN WARN HIM LATER.

But even with the police on his side, Link doesn't want to trouble the police all the time. He was going to find someone and have them fence the entire farm with barbed wire along the border.

Later, the men blocked the main highway to intercept the trucks transporting the wood. But Link had no intention of transporting the wood at all.

If he really wants to grow grapes here, he needs a lot of stakes, and although the wood is not as durable as the cement piles, they are easier to plant, and they don't even need to dig a pit, they can be knocked down with a hammer. In addition, the interior of the farm needs to be fenced off or even divided by wooden piles, and the barbed wire fence around the farm also requires a large number of wooden piles. Even if there are many, he can pile them up. Anyway, even if it is shipped out, it can't afford to buy the price.

The lumberjacks treated the trees rather roughly. Because there is no danger in cutting down these trees, each of them can cut down hundreds of trees a day with a chainsaw. Of course, they also had to remove some of the large branches and then use a tractor to drag those trunks to another tractor.

There was a device in front of the tractor, and the whole tree would go in, and even some of the bark would be peeled off, not to mention the twigs. All that came out were sawn pieces of wood of the same length.

Of course, he couldn't stay here either. He hired a young Indian to help him tend the 10,000 vines.

Just let him take care of it, and he doesn't have to take care of it. You don't have to do anything like fertilizing and weeding, just don't let other animals or people destroy it.

Then he left the HSD state.

In this way, he went back and forth between the three states, and at once it was winter, and soon it was Christmas.