Under Arthur's orders, the government quickly took action, and the corresponding policy on further promoting agricultural mechanization was distributed to local governments.

Among them, those engaged in agriculture are most concerned about the government's subsidies for agricultural machinery.

In order to encourage these agricultural people to buy agricultural machinery in large quantities, the Australasian government has specially stipulated that subsidies ranging from 10% to 15% will be given to various machinery products, and a single mechanical product can be reduced by up to about 30 Australian dollars.

Whether it is a large corporate farm or a small private farm, such a subsidy policy can save a considerable amount of money.

At the same time, with a larger number of machinery, the farm can also save more manpower, and the cost of manpower will also be greatly reduced.

Although the use of the machine also costs money, it is nothing more than daily maintenance and fuel costs. At present, tractors and other agricultural machinery in Australasia are quite stable, and there will be basically no problems with their usual use, and manufacturers of agricultural machinery will basically promise a warranty for a period of time.

On February 7, the day after the agricultural machinery subsidy policy was promulgated, farms outside Sydney were full of discussions and were very lively.

"Henderson, how much machinery do you have on your farm now?" Between the two adjacent farms, two old men in relatively simple clothes sat and chatted together.

"Hehe, my farm now has two tractors and three reclamation machines, and a farm that used to require dozens of people now needs less than ten people to operate." The old man named Henderson smiled and said very proudly.

"What's that? I have five tractors and four reclamation machines, and several other machines. I laid off most of the farm's staff, and the rest was up to these big guys to work. The other pouted disapprovingly, and couldn't wait to say the number of machines he had.

"So much? Kevin, where did you get so much money to buy these big guys? Even with government subsidies, the price of a tractor is as high as 200 Australian dollars, and the total cost of these big guys should be more than 2,000 Australian dollars, right? Henderson asked, surprised.

Government subsidies are indeed the motivation for them to buy a large number of machinery, but this does not mean that they have to buy those agricultural machinery in vain.

Although the scale of their farm is indeed quite large, the annual income can be maintained in the hundreds of Australian dollars, depending on the harvest of the farm and the price of food.

But the problem is that the cost of this batch of machinery is enough to earn them for several years. But most of their income is used to expand the farm, and it is difficult for them to come up with $2,000 at a time.

"Didn't the policy say it? We can use the land for a mortgage, and it is still easy to buy more than a dozen machines. Kevin explained with a smile.

"Are you crazy? Kevin, is 2,000 Australian dollars at least four or five years of your income, all of which is used to buy machinery? Henderson looked surprised as if he had heard something terrible.

"You old fellow, haven't you seen it yet?" Kevin shook his head angrily and explained to his friend: "You must know that strengthening agricultural mechanization is a proposal made by His Majesty, and naturally there is a reason for His Majesty. Although it cost $2,000 to purchase the machinery, it also saves at least 20 people a year. Judging from the per capita annual income, the savings in labor costs can be completely recovered in two or three years. It's a sure-fire deal, and now it's a good idea to buy machinery. ”

Henderson was stunned for a moment, thinking carefully about what his friend had said, and felt that it seemed to be the same truth.

Even if the annual income of the farm's employees is less than the country's per capita annual income, it is more than $50.

The labor cost of 20 people is equivalent to about 1,000 Australian dollars, which is not a small cost.

If this part of the labor cost can be saved, the agricultural machinery purchased for 2,000 Australian dollars does not seem to be a big deal.

Even if there are corresponding fuel and maintenance costs in the future, it will definitely pay for itself within three or four years.

The service life of any agricultural machinery is as high as more than ten years, and after three or four years of complete return to investment, the next thing is the net profit brought by agricultural machinery.

"Looks like this, oh my God, what the hell am I missing?" Henderson nodded, a little crying and laughing.

"It's not too late, Henderson. The mechanization of agriculture has become a trend, and less manpower can also save the corresponding labor cost for us. Now there are subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery, which is simply a good opportunity. You should thank Your Majesty, otherwise you would have to pay a few dozen dollars for each piece of machinery! Kevin smiled and comforted his friend.

It is only the second day of the promulgation of the agricultural machinery subsidy policy, and it is completely too late to buy agricultural machinery.

For private farmers, the savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars per piece of machinery equate to a lot of extra income, which is definitely good news.

Of course, because their farm is outside Sydney, they are the fastest to receive the news of the policy, and they can buy the corresponding machinery and equipment from the machinery factory more conveniently.

If it is a village or town far away from the city, or a remote farm, it takes a lot of effort to buy machinery and equipment, which will also increase the cost of invisibly.

Sydney Palace, 13 February 1921.

It has been a week since the promulgation of the subsidy policy for agricultural products, and the agricultural department has also officially reported the sales of agricultural machinery since the beginning of the week.

Arthur was relieved to see the data. In just one week, more than 20,000 sets of agricultural machinery and equipment have been sold nationwide, which is expected to reduce the manpower of at least 100,000 agricultural population.

Due to the rush of time, most of these sales took place around major cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, and sales in further areas did not officially begin.

It is expected that after the agricultural machinery subsidy is extended to all towns and farms in Australasia, the real hot sales of agricultural machinery products will be ushered in.

This will also allow Australasia to obtain a large amount of manpower in a short period of time, adding endless impetus to the development of other industries.

Of course, the popularity of agricultural machinery is not so simple. The first is that it is impossible for all farms to quickly familiarize themselves with and operate agricultural machinery, which also means that the government must organize relevant personnel to teach the use of agricultural machinery to every farm that buys agricultural machinery.

This is also a big project, and the situation is different for each farm, and it will take a certain amount of time for these farms to thoroughly master the use of agricultural machinery.

Of course, this is only one of the pains of complete mechanization in agriculture. After these farms are thoroughly familiar with the use of agricultural machinery, they will not need to be taught by the government to buy new agricultural machinery.

If you want to achieve large-scale and complete mechanization of the land, you can't simply buy agricultural machinery.

In addition to the popularization of agricultural machinery, it is better to concentrate existing farms as much as possible and consolidate small farms into large farms.

At present, some small farms in Australasia are so scattered that a small number of farms do not even have enough funds to purchase machinery and equipment.

Or in other words, it is not cost-effective for such small farms to buy machinery and equipment, because they do not have many employees, and buying machinery becomes another burden.

Failure to integrate such small farms into larger farms will always be an obstacle to agricultural mechanization in Australasia.

In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture has put forward a new concept, that is, the industrialization of agriculture.

Small farms are encouraged to merge into joint-stock agricultural companies, to unite into medium-sized agricultural forces, and to fight against the larger landlords and enterprises.

In this way, the peasants will have enough income in agriculture and will have enough right to speak.

Of course, such a concept is not destined to be accepted by those small farmers in a short time.

After all, after the farm is completely industrialized, these farmers will also pay great attention to the distribution of their own profits.

There is still a long way to go to integrate small farms into medium or large farms, but it is not impossible for Australasia.

In this regard, the agricultural department has proposed a new method, that is, to exchange land for land consolidation, through land exchange, to connect farms that belong to one person as much as possible, so that the scale of farms becomes larger.

In addition to land exchanges, there is also the option of having the government buy entire farms at market prices and then build new farms in other areas.

Anyway, the land in Australasia is still very extensive, and it is not difficult to find new suitable areas for building farms, but it is difficult to get land permission from the government.

However, these shares of land sold to the government can be used to buy the full amount of land elsewhere at market prices.

This is also equivalent to another way of land exchange, but it is directly exchanged with the government, and the actual benefits may not be so good.

A large number of orders for agricultural machinery have made the business of the agricultural machinery factory busy. If it weren't for the separation of the tank from the agricultural machinery plant, I'm afraid that the agricultural machinery plant at this time would have been able to be described as busy.

Even so, the heads and employees of the agricultural machinery plant did not have a good time. Since February, there have been orders for thousands of farm machinery almost every day.

This also makes the agricultural machinery factory enter a state of three shifts, in order to produce as much agricultural machinery as possible, and meet the demand for a large number of agricultural machinery caused by the further mechanization of agriculture in China.

Soon, the benefits of the widespread use of agricultural machinery were already being felt. Sydney's job market has suddenly flooded with a large number of job seekers, which has also provided fresh blood for all walks of life in Sydney, and the pace of development has become more rapid.

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