Great Leap Forward Of Silkworm And Mulberry In Guangdong

Two years ago, Tai Po introduced silkworm industry and planted 5000 mu of mulberry fields in that year.

However, till now, the area of mulberry field in this county is still maintained at 2200 Mu scale.

A catty cocoon market can sell more than 10 yuan when the market is good. The annual net income of one mu of mulberry silkworm rearing can reach more than 2800 yuan, which is 5 times the benefit of planting rice.

There are many abandoned fields and idle old houses in the village. The old people, women and children who are left in the village can be competent for planting mulberry and raising silkworms.

In August 14th, Huang Dapeng told his own thoughts to the author.

In May 2006, he built a about 500000 yuan joint venture with Shixing branch to establish Maple Hing silkworm industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Feng Xing company").

Feng Xing company uses small silkworm common breeding technology, directly feeding small silkworms, raising households for about 10 days, and then harvesting cocoons.

In order to raise the income of households, the company also took the way of buying Mulberry Shoots and protecting the price of cocoons.

Under the demonstration of the village, the other villages also developed more than 50 mu.

In those days, the county government signed a long-term contract of supply and sale with 25 thousand mu of mulberry field with the Shixing branch. After the plan was developed to 5000 mu, a wire drawing plant was built, and local cocoons were processed locally to solve the worries of sericultural farmers.

Among them, the town is 300-400 mu for each town with agriculture as the main town, 100-200 mu of agricultural proportion is smaller, and the collective management of the village is combined with the individual farmers.

Silkworms are low in price.

However, the plan of 5000 mu has not been completed.

Statistics from Dapu County Agricultural Bureau show that as of the end of last year, 2263.5 mu of mulberry planted in the county, involving 2100 households, increased slightly compared with 2006.

According to the director of Agricultural Office of maple Lang Town, he introduced 1500 mu of mulberry trees in the peak period of 2006. Now it has reduced to more than 1000 points, of which three demonstration bases occupied nearly 900 mu, and only more than 100 mu of individual farmers.

At the peak of the village, 72 families planted more than 800 mu of mulberry fields at the peak time, leaving only more than 10 households and more than 500 mu.

For the reasons for the reduction, Zhang Chichang, deputy director of Agriculture Bureau of Dapu County, attributed to the reduction of cocoon purchase price.

When we began to popularize mulberry cultivation and silkworm breeding in 2006, the purchasing price of cocoons was 12.5 yuan / Jin, or even once more than 14 yuan, but now it is less than 10 yuan. "This will definitely affect the enthusiasm of the households."

Huang Jianguo, a 60 year old villager in the village of Xi Bei Ping, rented two mu of mulberry fields and made a house of his own as a silkworm chamber. Although sericulture did not affect other agricultural labor, the couple's income for sericulture was not satisfied.

"This year I sold three batches of cocoons, a group of 10 pieces (Yi Jin), a group of 9 pieces 5, a batch of 9 pieces, nothing profitable.

At least 10 yuan per catty. "

Huang's wife did not know how much the cost of silkworm rearing was, and how much pure income it was, but only 10 yuan per catty would be willing to stick to it.

Some villagers have higher expectations than Huang Jianguo and are less patient.

A villager once planted more than 20 mu of mulberry trees. Later, he thought he had made less money and he had all been cut down.

Huang Dapeng, the village secretary, mentioned more about the technical reasons: at the beginning, the Shixing branch sent 5 technicians to run more than 10 towns in the county, and the longest distance was more than 100 miles away.

Farmers have never had silkworms before, and lack the most basic technology.

A widely circulated joke confirms Huang Dapeng's statement that when the silkworm is full, it will automatically climb to the silkworm rack. But when a farmer does not understand it, he will catch the silkworm one by one and work hard all night.

Even worse, during the first two years of the trial, Tai Po continued to suffer floods.

Last year, many silkworms in the county encountered a problem: a healthy silkworm seemed to be dead after climbing the silkworm rack.

After investigation, it was found that because of the long rain period, the mulberry leaves had big moisture, and some of them did not dry directly to feed silkworms.

In the first half of last year, Luo Yinghe, a silkworm rearing agent in sanzhai Town, Sanshui Town, almost had a drop in water. In the second half of the year, things improved, but only three batches of cocoons were harvested, a total of 140 Jin.

"I sold more than 1000 yuan all year long."

Luo Ying River smiled bitterly.

His brother cut down mulberry trees, concentrated on pomelo, and did odd jobs at leisure.