The Rise of the European Emperor

Of course, Marin didn't put all his hopes of finding jatropha in the area around Beaumont. In addition to sending an expedition to Beaumont, Marin also sent an expedition to the Florida Peninsula. After all, the climate characteristics of the Florida peninsula are very suitable for the growth of Jatropha curcas, and it is very likely that wild Jatropha curcas can be found there.

In addition, Jatropha curcas may also be found in Central America. Therefore, Marin also sent an expedition to Cuba, and Tara assisted them in finding Jatropha.

This is because Marin watched TV programs in his previous life and only heard that Jatropha curcas was "native to southern North America". Cuba, including the entire Caribbean region, is considered North America, and it is also "Southern North America". Maybe, there are wild jatropha trees on the island of Cuba. Moreover, Cuba Island has been developed for a long time, and with the help of Tara, a local snake, it is much better to find conditions than to go to North America.

But in the colony on the Florida Peninsula, Marin didn't care that much. After all, there are neither oil fields that Marin valued nor prairie where bison are easy to hunt on the Florida peninsula. Therefore, that colony was purely a temporary base for finding jatropha trees. Once the mission is completed, it is estimated that the stronghold will be abandoned. Unlike Beaumont, Marin intends to operate as the base camp in southern North America.

In the future, a city will definitely be built on Beaumont's side, plus an inland port terminal. At the same time, a concrete road will be built to lead directly to the North American prairie in the inland area, so that the cavalry can dispatch to hunt and kill North American bison, and bring back the dried meat made of North American bison...

In addition to hunting North American bison to obtain a large amount of meat, the vast grasslands left after hunting North American bison are also excellent pastures for grazing.

At present, Beihai Country has bred Beihai sheep that produce fine wool, and has also focused on cultivating East Fried sheep with large milk production. If Texas is under control, it is entirely possible to use the local fine pastures to breed North Sea sheep and East Fried sheep in large quantities. Then, graze some cattle and it's even more perfect.

Moreover, Marin also plans to use bison to improve the breed characteristics of European cattle. Marin remembered that in his previous life, Yankees used bison and European beef cattle to breed Buffalo cattle.

Buffalo cattle are stronger than European beef cattle (after all, they have bison blood) and are more tenacious, able to withstand severe weather, such as blizzards and the like. Moreover, it has high fecundity and meat quality, and it also produces a lot of milk.

Of course, in this day and age, meat quality and milk production are secondary. Its strong characteristics are what Marin values ​​most.

Because of their bison ancestry, the Buffalo is stronger and more powerful than European beef cattle.

This feature is useless in future generations. But in this era, the effect on cattle farming is huge!

North American bison is different from ordinary cattle, which have strong endurance but poor explosive power. Cultivating the land is slow, which affects the efficiency of the arable land.

The North American bison is a high-speed cattle, able to run at a high speed of 50 to 60 kilometers, which has reached the high-speed standard. It can be seen that the explosive power and flexibility of American bison are far superior to ordinary domestic cattle.

This is what Marin also likes. When crossbreeding, in addition to eliminating ferocious breeds with bad tempers, the speed and explosive power of cattle are also important characteristics that need to be retained. Because explosive power and speed mean faster cultivation speed...

Cows already have strong stamina. If their explosive power and speed also increase, there will be no need for horse plowing. Of course, when breeding new varieties,

Also pay attention to the temperament of the breed.

If you bred a bull with a bad temper and a tendency to punch people like a Spanish pit bull, it's over. Therefore, this requires the observation and directional breeding of several generations of hybrid cattle breeds. It is necessary to retain the advantages of strong explosive power and fast speed, but also to control the temper of the cattle, so as to avoid breeding violent cattle that threaten human safety.

Although Beihai has produced a single-cylinder diesel engine, it can produce a walking tractor. However, tractors cannot be widely used in agriculture because the diesel output is too small.

Therefore, for a long period of time, before oil can be mass-produced on a large scale, plowing cattle and horses is still the mainstream in the world. However, the endurance of horses is not good, and the requirements for feed are high, and the feeding cost is relatively high. Eastern European Mongolian horses are not picky eaters, but they are too thin to compare with Western European draft horses.

In this way, it would be the best choice if a farm cattle with explosive power not much worse than horses and strong endurance could be cultivated.

Even if the buffalo cattle can't run at the 60 kilometers per hour of the North American bison, as long as they are much faster than the European domestic cattle, that's enough. Because the speed of ordinary cattle is too slow, even if many cattle are used to pull the plow cart together, the amount of cultivated land per day cannot exceed 15 mu. And if there are enough horses, the amount of cultivated land can exceed 30 mu per day...

There is no way, ordinary scalpers are slow-tempered, and they will not move forward unless they are smoked. If it is used to pull a plow, the feeding cost is much lower than raising a horse, but the speed is really worrying...

Therefore, Marin intends to take the cultivation of fast Pufflow cattle as a very important goal.

If we can breed fast, docile and obedient Beefalo cattle, bullock carts may not fail to become an important means of transportation in the future...

In fact, Marin's request was a bit picky. Because, fast speed and gentle personality are often in conflict with each other...

Generally speaking, those cows that are more docile and obedient are slow and unable to improve their speed. And those fast cattle are often more impatient. Otherwise, you won't be able to run.

Therefore, Marin's requirements for the breeding of Pifulou cattle simply made those animal husbandry experts difficult. After all, a cow with a good temper can't increase its speed, and a cow with a good temper often has a bad temper...

However, Marin is the boss, he has the final say. He said he wanted fast and good-tempered cattle, and these livestock experts had to follow suit. In this way, it is much more difficult to select and breed new breeds of Beefalo cattle.

Therefore, in the future, the final bred cattle must be a compromised breed in all aspects. For example, the speed must be reduced, and it cannot reach the running speed of 60 kilometers per hour of the original North American bison. At the same time, the temper will become a little bigger than ordinary scalpers...

After all, in the end, animal husbandry experts can only find a balance between the two, and try to breed the best overall performance, which is acceptable in both aspects.

In the end, Marin also knew that he was wrong, and took the initiative to lower the standard - the crossed Pufflow cattle were not required to run at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour as the genuine North American bison. However, a speed of 20 kilometers per hour is still required, which is the speed of bicycles in later generations.

This speed is already one-third of the original North American bison. But if it can reach this speed, it is also very strong. Because the speed of the carriage on the official road is no more than that. Moreover, the endurance of horses is far inferior to that of cattle. If the newly bred Beefalo cattle can reach this speed and their temper is not too bad, the ox carts of Beefalo cattle may become the main force of transportation in the future... After all, the stamina of cattle is much stronger than that of horses. The requirements are still low...

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