In Xinjiang, water resources are in short supply. People there often say that Xinjiang with water has oases. Overflow irrigation wastes water, requires more water, and is easy to evaporate. In 2000, many cotton farmers began to drip irrigation in cotton fields. Seeing this situation, fruit farmers also want to try it in their own taoyuan. Trying is the real success. Drip irrigation not only meets the water demand of peach trees, but also saves water. Although the cost of drip irrigation facilities increased by more than 300 yuan per mu, the peach yield increased by 20% and the water consumption cost was saved by 30%. In this way, the net profit per mu is more than 2000 yuan higher than the original. Bagging technology has been applied in apple production for many years, but peach bagging is rare, especially in Xinjiang. As a result, after peach bagging, firstly, the fruit is bigger than the original; Second, the bag protects the surface of the fruit, the color is much better than the original, and it looks clean and bright. As a result, the peach sales of fruit farmers increased by more than 20%.
Later, fruit farmers tried to raise chickens under the tree. He bought 1000 chickens and raised them in the Peach Blossom Garden. Chickens eat pests and weeds in the orchard, which is beneficial to the growth of peach trees and saves a lot of feed. He calculated an account, raising chickens in Taoyuan, only need to feed one or two grains a day, which is 50% of the feed grain for raising chickens. Chickens can also provide a lot of organic fertilizer for Taoyuan. According to animal husbandry experts, a chicken can produce 50 kilograms of dried chicken manure a year. According to this standard, this fruit grower can produce 50,000 Jin of dried chicken manure a year with 1000 chickens, which can save a lot of fertilizer money. Since the ecological farming of "raising chickens in orchard", many people have come to his garden to buy peaches and chickens (including eggs). Everyone says his peaches are sweet and smell like chicken. He said half-jokingly and half-seriously that this peach is not sweet with 50 thousand Jin of chicken manure and serious farmyard manure; Chickens run under trees all day, and the meat they grow will certainly not be bad! There is another reason why consumers like to buy his peaches-there is no pesticide. There is a simple reason. Chicken is raised in Taoyuan, and medicine is prescribed in Taoyuan. Can the chicken under the tree live? So this fruit farmer's peaches and eggs are more expensive than others', but some people keep buying them.
The price of one kilogram of earth eggs 10 yuan is not too high, and many earth eggs on the market are more expensive than this. However, the price per kilogram 10 yuan is still very attractive compared with that of ordinary laying hens. Most importantly, the price of one yuan can ensure that chicken farmers will not be disturbed by bad market conditions. Of course, the cost of raising chickens is much higher than that of ordinary laying hens. So, can this chicken farmer make money at the price of one yuan an egg? With this question, the author went to a chicken farm. It turns out that this chicken farm belongs to a village near the county seat, where there is a big peach blossom garden with hundreds of chickens under the tree. According to the owner of this chicken farm, he was originally a peach farmer selling peaches. Later, his wife bought some native chickens and kept them under peach trees, which immediately inspired him to raise chickens in the peach forest. Because he is close to the county market and has a flexible mind, he shouted the slogan "Eat peaches and grow up chickens" for his native chickens, which soon formed an influence in the county. Therefore, the supply of eggs and chickens in this chicken farm is in short supply.