Chapter 376 Cousin
"Is this a beef cattle better than that wagyu?" Zhang Lang's uncle asked, pointing to the calf kneeling on the ground and feeding milk.
"It's early! That's where it's going! Japanese Wagyu was improved with Symental cattle. Wagyu was screened and bred for several generations before it finally formed a stable Wagyu breed.
One of the most critical indicators of the new breed of beef cattle is the stability of genes!
Now is the first generation of hybrid cattle! Wait until these hybrid cattle are determined after six months to see if they are the breed we want.
If so, you need to screen and find the strongest one for cross-matching, secondary breeding, or even third or fourth breeding. It will be considered successful until the gene is confirmed to be stable and there will be no change."
"How do you determine whether it is the new beef cattle we want? And why don't we use Simmental cattle to cultivate new breeds?" Zhang Lang's uncle transformed into a hundred thousand why, with an extremely strong desire for knowledge.
"The determination of whether it is the new beef cattle we want is mainly based on the meat quality, the content of saturated fat in muscle fat, and the level of various nutrients contained in beef.
In addition, looking at the color, pattern, and marble patterns is an important criterion for determining the quality of beef!
For example, Wagyu beef has obvious marble patterns, also known as "snowflake meat". Especially the 5a-level Wagyu beef, the meat is tender and melts at the mouth! It is called Japan's national treasure.
Also, the meat production and growth rate of beef cattle are both criteria for evaluating success!
This can be determined through external observation, such as the size of the skeleton, whether the front chest is wide or flat, and whether the thigh is thick! These are all criteria for judgment!”
"Ah! Isn't that the same as when we choose animals?" Zhang Lang's uncle is the best hunter and is very knowledgeable about animals.
"Professor Liu, after hearing what you said, my mountain guard dog was made like this! Choose a few good dogs to pair with the night wolf, and then select the strongest puppy from the two litters to pair it! After these few pairings, I will be the mountain guard dog I have now!" Zhang Lang said with a sudden enlightenment.
The Northeast Mountain Dog is very famous. It is not large in size and is a medium-sized dog, but it is very fierce. In the mountains, you dare to fight with blind bears and blind people, hunt wild boars, don’t be afraid of tigers, and you will not be afraid of death when fighting.
The mountain guard dog was bred by hunters themselves with local dogs and wild wolves from the mountains.
He is both loyalty of a dog and fierceness of a wolf, and is a good helper for hunters.
"Haha! That's the reason! It's just that we have increased the uncertain success rate through scientific methods." Professor Liu said with a smile.
"Then why choose so many varieties? Why don't we choose Simmental cattle directly?" My uncle remembered the question just now. Professor Liu had not answered it yet and asked again.
Professor Liu patiently introduced the advantages and disadvantages of these cattle one by one, "This does not mean that Simmental cattle must be used to cultivate good beef cattle breeds! Whether we choose Limuzan, Charolai, or Luxi scalpers, they are very excellent beef cattle breeds!
For example, Limuzan has a wide forehead, a wide chest, a long body, a plump hindquarters, thick and short limbs, and an average adult weight: 1,100 kg for bulls and 600 kg for cows; high meat yield and fast growth.
Charolai cattle grows fast, has high yield of lean meat, bright red meat, delicate texture, elasticity, moderate marble pattern, white or light yellow, ** body surface fat coverage rate is 100%. 6-month-old male calves can reach 250 kg, female calves 210 kg, and daily weight gain can reach 1400 grams.
The Shandong-Western cattle are the best cattle breed in our country. The cattle have a tall body, good development of forequarters, strong muscles, strong constitution, uniform structure, strong adaptability, thin skin, high meat yield, fresh and tender meat, and evenly distributed between muscle fibers, forming obvious marble patterns. It is known as "five flowers and three layers of meat". It is one of the world's famous meat breeds.
These cattle and Symental cattle have their own advantages and disadvantages. What we need to do is not to restrict the use of which cattle to breed, but to cultivate new high-quality beef cattle varieties with the advantages of each cattle breed!”
"Oh!" My uncle finally had no problem.
Zhang Lang chatted with Professor Liu for a while, asked if he needed anything to do, and then said goodbye and left the beef cattle breeding base.
The first step to cultivate new Wagyu breeds has been taken, and the rest is just to wait patiently.
Zhang Lang is confident that he can definitely cultivate high-quality beef cattle breeds.
This carefulness comes from his throne. The Land Master himself is a god who manages grains and livestock. With him, and Professor Liu and his scientific breeding, if you cannot cultivate new varieties of Wagyu cattle in this way, it would be unreasonable.
After going down Mantou Mountain, Zhang Lang thought about it. Since he had arrived here, he would just go to the vegetable greenhouse to take a look. He hadn't been to the greenhouse yet.
Now is the peak season for vegetables to grow in vegetable greenhouses. Most of the women in the village are busy in greenhouses. Some are picking vegetables and preparing to transport them away, while others are grafting plants. During the peak season of vegetable growth, you must constantly break off the growing branches, otherwise you will compete with the main trunk for nutrients, resulting in a reduction in the yield of vegetables and fruits.
Zhang Lang was walking around the vegetable greenhouse casually, and the women in the village saw him standing up to say hello to him.
"Wolf cubs? When will our vegetable greenhouse be reorganized? The Zhao family's winery and the Dong family stone carving factory have been reorganized. It's our turn, right? Why didn't we make any noise?" The woman who stopped Zhang Lang's questioning, Zhang Lang had to call her cousin according to her seniority. She was the daughter of Zhang Lang's uncle and grandfather's family married to the Tian family.
"It's almost done! When the vegetables are finished, we will start to be restructured!" Zhang Lang stood up and explained.
"Cousin, you are so anxious to restructure, why do you want to contract the greenhouse yourself?" Zhang Lang asked with a smile.
"Yes! No, your uncle's grandfather's cousins should marry their wives, and your cousins are also idle at home. I was thinking about restructuring. I contracted a greenhouse and asked them to help, so that they could make some money. Let's talk to your cousin about his wife!" It is normal for a cousin to have this idea. Even if a woman gets married, she still thinks about her mother's family.
Zhang Lang's uncle is not from Songshulingzi Town, but from Xujiawopu, Gaotun Town next door. Gaotun Town is very far away from Xujiawopu, but is very close to Songshulingzi Town.
"Why don't you say anything if my cousin is short of money when they get married? When I was young, I accompanied my father to see my uncle and grandfather, they didn't say anything! This is said by the wife, no one. Once she missed it, it's hard to say it when she got older!" Zhang Lang simply stopped and started chatting with her cousin.
Chapter completed!