Chapter 105: Harvesting Wheat
The next day, Professor Aubrey brought the night parrot with him. Zhang Yun put it in the flight room. Where budgies are now farmed.
It has an area of more than 100 square meters, and only eight night parrots are stocked in it. And budgies are stocked in the hundreds. It looked empty inside, but there was no way, who made the night parrot so valuable. Naturally, they can be treated better.
Then Zhang Yun will build a large, 1,000-square-meter imitation ecological breeding area for night parrots on the farm. It's the kind of large shed, similar to several sheds combined together, surrounded by barbed wire around and above.
On average, each night parrot enjoys an area of 125 square meters. This is not just a fence with barbed wire, but also a simulated ecological environment. Plant a variety of flowers and trees to mimic the living environment of night parrots in the wild.
Try not to disturb the night parrots and let them stay safely.
Such a good treatment made Zhang Yun envious. Just such a small bird, just enjoy a 125 square meter house. In the past, he was in China, and how large the family's house could be. I'm afraid it's that number, and even a little smaller.
It must be said that the government has really made great efforts to protect the environment. Of course, that was all later, and he contacted Taylor first and asked him to bring someone to build the breeding area.
Then Zhang Yun left the night parrot behind and prepared to harvest the wheat. The farm is quite large, and the wheat is grown enough to 5,000 acres.
In China, the general calculation likes to measure the unit of land in acres, while foreigners use the unit of acres. One acre is almost equal to six acres. That is, Zhang Yun planted 30,000 acres of wheat.
With such a large area, if it were in the country, it would definitely take a considerable amount of time to complete the harvest. But this is one of the most mechanized areas of agriculture, where machines are used for everything from sowing seeds, spraying pesticides to harvesting.
There was a combine harvester on the farm, and seeing that the wheat was almost ripe now, Zhang Yun took Jack to get the combine harvester out. Be prepared to check it out and see if it works. Filling up the tank, little Jack rumbled the harvester out of the warehouse. The ground seemed to tremble, and only such a big guy could harvest wheat quickly.
Australia is a vast and sparsely populated country, and most of the crops grown are exported to the international market, so it is particularly dependent on the international market. This year, due to precipitation and temperature, international wheat production has declined slightly, so wheat prices are now on an upward trend. made Zhang Yun very happy, so that he could sell for more money.
After a preliminary estimate of the yield of wheat, Craigie helped Zhang Yun calculate that the 5,000 acres of land could contribute 20,000 tons of wheat. It can probably earn about seven million.
This made Zhang Yun overjoyed, and the money he used to auction the gems, after this period of consumption, as well as the purchase of insects and birds, there were probably two million left. Now with this money, it's really timely rain.
I rode around the farm and watched the golden wheat undulating like golden waves in the sun. However, as he walked, with a flutter of wings, a flock of white cockatoos flew up from the farm, numbering in the hundreds.
Zhang Yun was stunned. Damn, you can't play like that. The grain is finally about to be harvested, so you come to grab the food, and do you still take my brother in your eyes. So angry that he almost didn't shoot a few of them, and tasted the roasted parrots.
If it weren't for the law, he would have wanted to set traps, catch all these parrots, and put them on the farm for breeding.
But that's also to think about it, the law is one reason, and the other reason is kinship. The reason why people raise parrots is because parrots are obedient and well-behaved and can be used as human playmates.
Unlike wild parrots, wild parrots are very wild, and even the offspring are very wild after being cared for by people. It is impossible to be as well-behaved and obedient as those parrots on the farm. This makes it much less valuable. No one wants to raise a white-eyed wolf that will rebel at any moment.
In fact, this is the main reason why Alexander parrots are called white-eyed wolves. Alexander parrots are mainly produced in YN Myanmar. There are many wild birds there, and smuggling is very common.
And Alexander parrots have to go through four years to breed, which is too long for few people to breed. As a result, more than 95% of the Alexandria parrots on the market are wild birds, or young wild birds.
Imagine that all of them are wild birds, wild and difficult to train, how can they not disappoint, leaving the nickname of white-eyed wolf.
If Zhang Yun catches these cockatoos, the same will be true. Their offspring are so poorly related to the cockatoos on the farm that no one will buy.
As Zhang Yun fired, the cockatoo flew away.
Zhang Yun turned around and was about to leave, but saw the parrot fly away from him, fall into the farmland again, and then feast.
You eat very well, but the problem is that this is all a waste of my food and trampling on my income. Zhang Yun felt distressed in his heart. If they are allowed to go on like this, hundreds of them can withstand it. I'm afraid that they will call friends, and when the time comes, it will not be so hundreds, but tens of thousands. If it goes down in one season, it can cost him tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
Zhang Yun didn't want to do this, so he rode over and shot the parrot again. Until they are driven away.
The next day, Zhang Yun began to harvest the wheat. The combine harvester moved straight inside the wheat field, leaving a bare trail behind it. The harvester is able to separate the straw from the ears of wheat, and the straw is packed directly into bales ready to be transported away.
After waiting for a lot of wheat, it is put into the transport truck, and then transported to the land that has been leveled for drying, which is very convenient.
This doesn't need Zhang Yun to work, he just needs to supervise on the side. Taking advantage of the time when others were harvesting winter wheat, he drove a truck to load the baled wheat straw and transport it away.
Many cockatoos, seeing the ripe wheat in the field, take advantage of this time to fly in flocks to feed. The number reached thousands, and after being frightened, all of them flew up, quite overwhelming.
Zhang Yun had no choice but to ride a horse to drive away. Otherwise, it is to take the moral herd and let the dog bite. This time really hated him so much.
The harvest of wheat did not tire him, but drove away this group of annoying parrots, and tired him a lot. Hiding in the drying field of wheat to rest, lying on the wheat that was hot by the sun, drinking a bottle of mineral water happily, and finally relaxing.
I'm thinking about how to clean up the parrot tomorrow. Demu screamed a few times, and then the originally peaceful drying field sounded countless wings flapping.
The bottle in Zhang Yun's hand fell to the ground, and the parrots he thought had been driven away all ran to the drying field to eat wheat.
He finally took it to dry after harvesting, but was picked up by this group of parrots and ran here to eat. The whole earth is made up of wheat, and it is so easy to eat.
Zhang Yun picked up the shotgun and fired several shots in succession. And then...... More parrots flew up in fright, howling and circling the sky, almost obscuring the sun.
He was so angry that he almost fainted. It's all my hard-earned money, and you have to be shameless. Especially when he saw the parrots who came to join in the fun, he almost died of anger when he attracted the red-tailed black cockatoos again.
You're going to be the farmer's home. As time went on, more and more parrots arrived, as did other grain-eating birds.
Let Zhang Yun fully feel why Old York sold the farm. There is such a group of things that are holding back, and it is strange that they eat your food every day and do not regret it.
After the wheat harvest was completed, a total of 7.2 million was sold, which is a huge amount.
Soon the leased shop opened. After these days, it has been renovated and can be opened. In order to attract people's attention, Zhang Yun brought 7-Up and Coke over and put them at the door of the store, allowing them to stand on the stand and move freely.
The huge body and bright feather color all attract people's attention. In particular, I noticed that 7-Up and Coke did not wear anklets, and they were even more surprisingly speechless.
It is normal for parrots to run away, not to mention wild birds, even if they are domestic, if you put them in a cage and there is no anklet to tie them, you can go wherever you want, and it is strange if you don't run.
And then now what do they see? It is incredible that there are two of the most expensive parrots in the world, purple and blue macaws, playing happily in the streets of the city, without any restraint and without the owner watching.
That's hundreds of thousands, what if you run away? What if you get caught by a thief? Driven by intense curiosity, people can't help but walk into the store to have a look.
On the first day of opening, Zhang Yun was in charge there. Who would have thought that it didn't take long for several people to come together.
Zhang Yun didn't know each other yet, but only after their introduction did he know that these were all the bosses of Bird City. The first reason for coming today is to congratulate him on his opening, and the other purpose is to see if he wants to buy goods from his farm.
Zhang Yun didn't agree, he now has so many parrots in the farm, and he is ready to sell them for money. Now they're rushing over to buy it, and it's best to do it.