Marin gritted his teeth, he hated the bastard who translated the name of sheep's milk in his previous life. Doesn't East Friesland know how to translate? It should be translated as East Fried. However, Marin checked the Chinese information, and almost forgot that this East Frisian should be East Friesland......

In short, Marin was pitted by a shoddy translation. Otherwise, Marin knew that there were high-yielding dairy sheep breeds under his rule, and he would have vigorously promoted and developed them!

Best of all, according to the guards, the base of these local sheep with high milk production is very large. In the vicinity of the Norton area alone, there are thousands of ewes that are good at producing milk. As for other places, it is estimated that there are a lot of them. Even the coastal region of West Friesland has introduced dairy sheep breeds from here as an important supplement to the local diet. For people in the coastal areas of the North Sea such as Norton, their main food is marine fish and goat's milk products from native sheep.

Interestingly, the inhabitants of the East Friesland coast are divided into two main groups - a group of people who go out to sea to fish in fishing boats, and are the majority of coastal residents. But there is also a group of people along the coast who graze native sheep, the milk-producing sheep that are translated as East Fri sheep, near the swamps, and use the sheep's milk to make cheese and other foods. The two groups are then exchanged for salted fish and seaside herders for products such as sheep's milk cheese and yogurt. Goat dairy products are highly nutritious, and it is not enough for fishermen to eat fish nutrition. Therefore, they often exchange salted fish with herders for goat milk products to supplement more comprehensive nutrition. And the herders also like salted fish. Because, salted fish has enough salt...... Herders can't afford refined salt, but they can supplement their salt by eating salty stinky salted fish......

Marin was suddenly a little happy, why? Because, he almost ordered the abolition of this excellent local breed of dairy sheep!

With the acquisition of a cross breed of Spanish Merino sheep and English fine wool sheep that produce high-quality wool, Marlin has been using this new type of fine wool sheep to completely replace the native sheep.

Fortunately, the total number of new North Sea fine-wool sheep is still small and is still being bred on pastures in Oldenburg. Otherwise, once rolled out, Marin may order the elimination of the native milk-producing sheep. When the time comes, the world will lose an excellent breed of dairy sheep.

Although it is said that the current annual milk production of East Fri sheep is only 5 to 600 pounds, which cannot be compared with the 500 to 800 kilograms in later generations. However, this is mainly due to the fact that people in this era do not pay attention to the cultivation of excellent varieties. If you select the best batch of rams and ewes, and carefully breed them for several generations, you will definitely be able to breed stronger milk-producing varieties.

Moreover, Marin estimates that there must be tens of thousands of East Frisian sheep along the entire East and West Frisian coasts, including the Frisian Islands. If you want to breed, it is not only simple, but also easy to scale.

Not only that, but sheep reproduce much faster than cows. Sheep can conceive two litters a year, while cows can only conceive one litter a year. Moreover, the ewes are also bred earlier than the cows, which is more conducive to the rapid reproduction and expansion of the population.

Speaking of which, Marin admires the Frisian race. Needless to say, the West Frisian people of the Netherlands have bred the famous black and white cows, which are the world's number one milk producers. And the East Frisians in Germany are not weak, and later generations have also made the most milk-producing sheep - East Frisian sheep. Moreover, the West Frisians also came up with the famous Frisian horse, also known as the Frisian horse (this damn translation). It seems that the Frisians have been running out of milk, and they have actually bred two milk-producing hegemon-level animals in one go, the black and white cow and the East Frisian sheep. Had it not been for the Swiss stealing the honor of the Saanen goat, the Frisians would have taken over the overlord breed of cow and goat's milk.

"I'm in Baoshan and I don't know it!" Marin suddenly regretted it. He had been in East Friesland for several years, and he had no idea that he had such a breed of dairy sheep under his rule.

However, this can't actually be blamed on Marin. The main reason is that goat's milk in later generations is indeed not as famous as cow's milk. He can know the milk sheep, and he also entrusts his ex-girlfriend with the blessing. However, his ex-girlfriend loves dogs so much that she even has to sleep with her dog in her arms. As a result, Marin couldn't do it at night - who would be particularly happy to have a two-haze in the bed while sleeping with his girlfriend? Not even a mother's...... Then, the relationship is over......

It was because of this unpleasant emotional experience that Marin later became an opponent of dog lovers, and even, escalated to an opponent of animal protection activists......

But this short-lived emotional experience, which annoyed Marin, was not without any benefits. At the very least, Marin remembered the East Fried Raw Sheep, a breed that produced sheep's milk. But the translation of the pit father made Marin not react immediately after crossing over, and missed it for several years. Otherwise, better varieties would have been bred by now......

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At this moment, Marin had left the black and white cows behind, and he now only had East Fri sheep in his eyes.

Why? A cow can only conceive one litter per year, and a cow cannot conceive until more than two years after birth. Sheep carry two litters a year, and ewes can conceive a year after birth.

In this way, sheep give birth twice as fast as cattle and take half the time to sexual maturity than cows, and the difference in population expansion between the two populations is at least four times greater. And that's not even counting the difference in the number of cubs per litter. Ewes tend to give birth to more punctuates per litter than cows. So, the difference is even greater.

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Moreover, Marin did the math - even if each ewe produces only 500 pounds of milk per year, according to the ratio of fresh milk to cheese 10 to 1, it can produce 50 pounds of sheep cheese. 10 East Frie raw sheep and ewes, with an annual output of 500 pounds of sheep cheese, is definitely enough for an adult to eat for a year, and the nutrition is much higher than grain. If you raise 50 East Fri sheep and ewes, you can feed a family of five (in fact, the elderly and children can't eat so much, or so many sheep), and the nutrition is still very rich.

In addition, raising sheep is much easier than farming, and as long as you send a border collie, you can easily raise hundreds of sheep. If you want to engage in colonial expansion, it is actually easier to colonize with dairy sheep than to farm. Of course, cheese doesn't sell well in Europe. From an economic point of view, it is still better than farming. However, in the early colonization, it was possible to provide enough food and nutrition. Also, it's perfect for a bitter cold place like the Scottish Highlands. There is no way to farm there, and the climate is still cold. But sheep can still be raised in hilly areas. After all, sheep's wool is long hardy. As long as they are well served, 50 dairy sheep can feed a family of five. Raise more, you earn.

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So, upon his return to East Friesland, Marin immediately signed an order ordering all native sheep with high milk production in the coastal areas of East and West Friesland to be registered. Then, the breeding is carried out according to the official guidelines.

Moreover, in the future, all locally produced dairy sheep that have been registered and numbered are absolutely not allowed to be slaughtered privately. Otherwise, go to jail......

After some struggle, a total of 6,000 East Frisian sheep and ewes producing more than 300 pounds of milk per year were registered in the coastal areas of East and West Friesland, and there were more than 50,000 sheep of the same type.

Although the number of 6,000 milk-producing ewes is somewhat small, it is less than the number of black and white cows. However, it can't stand the fast reproduction rate of the East Fri sheep. It is understood that this kind of sheep ewe can give birth to more than 2 cubs per litter, and give birth to two litters per year, and the reproduction rate is definitely fast enough.

Then, Marin had 1,000 high-quality dairy sheep with an annual milk production of 500 pounds selected, purchased at a high price, and placed in several pastures for further breeding. As for the remaining 5,000 high-yielding dairy sheep with an annual milk production of 300 to 500 pounds, they were handed over to the private sector for breeding. The breeding principle is to breed the robust male offspring of high-yielding dairy sheep with the robust female offspring of other high-yielding dairy sheep to breed a better breed. Then, continue to select and breed excellent varieties until they produce excellent varieties with higher yields......

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After arranging the cultivation of the milk breed of East Fri raw sheep, Marin still felt that something was wrong. Lying in bed and thinking all night, Marin realized that dairy sheep are not adapted to tropical and subtropical humid climates. After all, sheep's hair is too long, and the sweat glands on the sheepskin are not well developed, making it difficult to adapt to hot and humid climates.

Rather, it is a goat, which can adapt to the southern climate. In later generations, sheep were generally produced in the north, while goats were generally raised in the south. Moreover, the goat also has a title, called summer sheep. It can be seen that goats are more adapted to the southern climate.

For example, in Marin's colony in the Americas, it is natural to raise dairy sheep in temperate regions such as New York. However, in places like Florida in the south, sheep cannot be raised. Because, it's too humid and hot over there.

Therefore, if you want to promote dairy goats, you really have to get a kind of dairy goats out. And the most famous dairy goat in later generations is probably the Saanen dairy goat.

"Saanen goats? Saanen ...... How do you feel so familiar......"

Marin thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that there seemed to be a Saanen plain in Switzerland......

This is not the most important thing, the important thing is that it seems that the Saanen Plain also produces Simmental cattle......

Simmental cattle have two origins, the Simmental Plains and the Saanen Plains. In this way, the Saanen Plains actually has two excellent breeds of cattle in later generations......

Although like East Fried sheep, it is estimated that there are no high-yielding dairy goat breeds on the Saanen plains of Switzerland. However, there is definitely a tradition of raising dairy goats over there. So, Marin ordered to send people to the Saanen Plains in Switzerland to find goats with high milk production. All dairy goats with an annual milk output of more than 300 pounds are brought in at a high price. After the introduction, we will concentrate on the optimal cultivation.

In the future, Marin's colonies in the Americas raised sheep in the temperate zone of the north and goats in the humid and hot regions of the south. Goat's milk is made into cheese or milk powder and supplied to children all over the country. In the future, milk powder will become a national welfare.

Of course, the breeding of black and white cows will not be put down. After all, milk is also a very good nutrition. However, due to the speed of reproduction, it may not be as fast as the expansion of dairy sheep and dairy goats.

At the same time, Marin also ordered that in the southern border counties of Scotland, great efforts should be made to breed border collies with black faces to cooperate with sheep farming. After all, with the help of border herders, it is easy for a family to raise a few hundred sheep.

"Well, I'm going to be the king of the dairy industry......" Marlin rubbed his head.

Ma Lin's mind suddenly appeared with the picture of Niu Gensheng, the boss of Mengniu, and Pan Gang, the boss of Yili......

"Could it be that I'm a dignified traverser, just to be the king of the dairy industry? It seems a little unproductive......"