Lisko’s American Life

The machine is a brush cutter, which can increase the cutting efficiency of ryegrass by more than 5 times, about 1 ton of grass harvested per hour, fuel consumption of 0.8 liters (mixed fuel, cost about 6 yuan), and blade loss cost of 1 to 1.5 Yuan. After the grass is cut, it can be neatly arranged near the mouth of the pile, and the appearance is not much different from that of the uncut grass, which is convenient for collecting and bundling.

So this machine is also a large item that is always on the ranch.

Seeing that the cowboys were gradually finishing their work, Lisko took out the beer in the cafeteria refrigerator and called everyone over.

"Hey Rooster, come over for a beer."

Locke was the first to run over. He fished out a bottle from the ice basin, gnawed it open with his teeth, and gurgled the bottle to the bottom.

"Hu~ Shu Tan" He squinted his eyes to feel the coolness.

The cowboys also gathered around, each with a bottle.

Everyone drinks beer together, chats and brags, and feels the comfort of harvest.

There are more than a thousand cows in the ranch now. Except for the lavender planting area, rye planting, and vegetable planting areas, there is not much space left for cattle grazing. The rooster thinks that this number of cattle is just right. It's full.

Lisko's ranch has a total area of ​​500 acres, which is also one of the best in the vicinity. Of course, it is far inferior to some pastures with tens of thousands of acres.

His cattle shed covers an area of ​​160 acres, and the remaining area except the central lake, the usable area is still good. In theory, it can raise about 4,000 cattle, but because of the poor efficiency, the customers of Li's Ranch can't digest so much The beef and by-products, so like other ranches, the number of cattle on hand has been reduced. When there are cattle out of the market, the cattle dealer will be contacted immediately to keep the number at about 1,200.

If there are too many cows, the cowboys will not be able to take care of them. Adding manpower will increase the cost. Also, if the herd is too large, things will happen. Bulls with strong physiques will attack humans, so many bulls will have their horns cut off. , and in a modern society with advanced technology, there is already a smooth way of managing cattle, and there will be basically no bloodshed.

Many bulls in the ranch have also been castrated. After castration, the bulls can fatten up better and grow rapidly. As for the breeding of cows, there is also a relatively set of solutions.

There are special breeding companies on the market, they will send a special person to be in charge of the cattle farm, the salary is paid by the breeding company, frozen semen is 5 US dollars per piece, the conception rate is 30% during estrus, the culling rate of cattle is 25%, and the interval between fetuses is 13 months , do not use estrus synchronization.

The cowshed is also a cowshed specially built by Lisko at a high price. It adopts advanced low-roof horizontal ventilation and constant temperature cowshed technology. All cows are raised in one cowshed. The cowshed is 375 meters long and 127 meters wide, and 200 fans are installed. , There are 20 rows of cow beds in the house, and tin foil insulation materials are used on the walls and top floors to insulate heat. Every 100 beds raise 130 cows, but the herd is very healthy.

There are only 200 milking cows in Li's Ranch, and the main income is the sale of beef cattle and the supply of vegetables. Liscoe is also equipped with a special milking machine to liberate the hard work of the cowboys.

The efficiency of the milking machine is very high. The 80 turntable milking can milk more than 600 cows per hour. Li's Ranch can often complete the work in dozens of minutes every day.

After the ranchers’ meeting last time, when Lisko passed by other ranchers’ homes, he watched two or three travel companies conduct inspections, and trained the cowboys to receive tourists correctly. The ranchers also attached great importance to it, after all Other things can be bad, safety issues are a must guarantee, if tourists are injured in the early stage, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to the tourism events that have just started here.

Under the organization of the mayor, there are still many people in the small town who make some special cowboy handmade products, such as saddles, riding whips, cowhide handmade boots for cowboy suits, and many special badges with the names of each ranch printed on them. , outlined in gorgeous cursive characters, is a souvenir for tourists, which is an invisible brand promotion.

The whole of Garrison seemed to be on the move. Even Leiter of the gun store in the town bought a lot of goods for this incident, a large amount of ammunition reserves, because he heard that tourists came from many countries, and there are many countries that ban guns. The person in the shop has never touched a gun, so he is also full of expectations for the upcoming business.

Lisko heard Les chat and said that the first batch of tourists would arrive in half a month.

Although Lisko did not join the ranks of these ranchers who were planning to travel, he was not excluded either. Everyone knew that his ranch had regular customers and he did not want tourists to disturb the normal work of his ranch.

Under Lisko's persuasion, Bo decided to give it a try. After undergoing an operation, his mood improved a lot, and he felt a sense of enlightenment. Although he was still stubborn in many cases, he still slowly learned to compromise afterwards. Of course It is also inseparable from the side drums of all the nearby ranchers.

So now the rooster often runs between his own ranch and Li's ranch. The reason is that the two families are not far away, and the work of Li's ranch is just arranged. The Bode ranch is small, so there is no need to worry about it.

Colt's pasture has been re-managed, and he bought more than 20 cows from Lisko's pasture. He is very interested in milking for tourists. Lisko also suggested that he buy a few docile horses. Because there are rivers in the ranch, the fishing activities of tourists have been increased.

Les's ranch started hunting activities, which Lisko didn't like because of the variety of animals in the Rocky Mountains behind the town. Representative large mammals among the rolling ridges are black bears, grizzly bears, mountain lions and wolf cubs. This has a certain degree of danger, and tourists are like a group of children in Lisko's view. Maybe some idiot is injured due to his own negligence, and it will be over.

Of course, he mentioned this issue to Les, and Les had no good way to prevent it. He could only ensure that more cowboys were sent to guard.

The nearby ranchers often gather for meetings to talk about which one has its own characteristics and avoid business conflicts. If you have milking, I will do herding. If he has fishing, I will do cattle harnessing. Just do horseback riding.

They even raised funds together to buy a few buses to open a route from Denver to Garrison to pick up and drop off tourists.

The female high school students in the small town were also called to train together as tour guides, so as to introduce the customs to tourists.

Many ranchers have refurbished their surplus cowboy quarters, re-roofed, replaced the glass, and some have even repainted the walls, intending to accommodate tourists.

The entire quiet town seems to be clockwork, and everyone is busy.

Lisko is also happy to see that everyone is full of energy. The arrival of tourists will drive the town's economy and make people's lives less embarrassing.