Guo Song listened to Wang He's words, sighed and said: "I have also worked at the grassroots level, because my country has less land and more people, for a long time, we can only implement the small-scale peasant economic model, in fact, this is also a last resort. The long-term small-scale peasant economic model has gradually formed a small-scale peasant consciousness, which is also the biggest bottleneck restricting agricultural development. Now that our conditions are so good, of course we can't go down that old path again, and I agree with Lao Wang's opinion that we can appropriately learn from the development model of American agriculture.

The transition from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture in the United States was developed and completed under very unique historical and natural conditions. Because it not only has unique natural conditions such as a vast territory and rich land, but also has unique historical conditions for mainland colonial development that no other country has, the United States has a unique way of solving the land problem, which is very crucial in agricultural development.

In 1862, Congress passed and enacted the Homestead Act, which allowed immigrants to occupy up to 160 acres of wasteland for a fee of $10 and become their own property after five years of farming, thus establishing the basic form of family farm management in the United States. Based on the characteristics of vast land and sparsely populated resources, in order to improve labor productivity, the modernization of American agriculture takes mechanization as a breakthrough. By 1959, the ploughing, sowing, harvesting, threshing, and cleaning of wheat, corn, and other major agricultural crops in the United States had reached 100 percent mechanization. ”

Wang He nodded and said, "Our Far East Company now has a vast territory, complex and diverse terrain and climate, and has a lot of familiarity with the situation in the United States at that time. We should establish and improve the market system for agricultural products as soon as possible, and invest huge resources to provide strong support for agricultural development, thus forming a road of agricultural modernization in which agricultural natural resources are rich and diverse, modern material inputs are large, science and technology content is high, and the degree of marketization is high, and labor productivity is the mainstay, supplemented by land output rate. ”

Li Ming thought for a while and said: "With the company's large-scale promotion and popularization of power machinery, agricultural productivity is bound to have a relatively large leap. It is no longer appropriate to continue the small-scale peasant economic model, after all, the territory controlled by us in the Far East is vast enough, especially in the Northeast, the Outer Northeast, India, the Indochina Peninsula, and the islands of the South Seas. The potential for the development of agriculture is enormous.

However, we should not be in a hurry, learn from the development process of the United States and other agricultural developed countries, and strive to explore a path of agricultural development that is in line with our Far East Company in a few years. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry proposed the development of specialized and intensive large-scale farms and ranches, which I think is an idea, at least for the time being, which has a great role in promoting the development of the company.

in the coming years. The company will promote and popularize power machinery and equipment on a large scale, and the original railway plan of the Far East Railway Department will also make corresponding adjustments, and the development of Far East railway transportation in the future is bound to be greatly accelerated. We can develop various supporting facilities on both sides of the railway line along the extension of the railway line, and formulate future agricultural migration policies along the perimeter of the railway line.

Although the company is in good condition now, it wants to realize this plan in the short term. Obviously unrealistic. First of all, the promotion and popularization of power machinery will take at least a few years, even if the production capacity of the Vladivostok Automobile Factory can be guaranteed in the future, but the personnel who drive agricultural machinery and equipment and maintain the machinery are seriously insufficient. In addition, the company has to resettle a large number of displaced people every year, and the various supporting facilities for the family farm program are not perfect, so I don't think we should rush it. ”

Song Tao, who had not spoken beside him, suddenly said, "I don't understand what you said. But I seem to understand it now. Are you talking about making all the peasant households in the Far East become big landlords and big farmers in the future? ”

Everyone listened to Song Tao's words. They all laughed.

Gao Jianguo also smiled and said: "Our Xiao Song's sentence is well summarized, and that's really what it means." Although the current policy of guaranteeing production to households can feed everyone, in the end it will not make the farmers rich. ”

Song Tao laughed and said: "This can be had, I think it can be completely realized." Our Far Eastern Company occupies a vast territory, and many of the regions have historically been major grain producing regions. At present, all the farmers of our Far East Company, plus the people of the future Daming. In the face of such a large area, if the small-scale peasant economic model is still developed, it is really a waste of so many good land. ”

Li Ming glared at him and scolded with a smile: "You said lightly, how can it be so easy." We've already resettled just how many displaced people we've resettled. The resources expended by so many people are an astronomical amount. Besides, the popularization of power machinery cannot be guaranteed at all, and when the time comes, every household will be divided into a piece of land, will they all be waiting to be abandoned. ”

Gao Jianguo thought for a moment, then frowned and said: "If the company wants to promote and popularize power machinery on a large scale, it will take a few years, and we still have time to change our thinking." During this time, we can work out a practical long-term agricultural development plan. It has been several years since peasant households in eastern Liaoning have enjoyed the policy of guaranteeing production to households, and they have also tasted the sweetness of this policy.

We should first select some activists and large grain payers from among them, carry out experiments in some areas, and implement the family farm policy. In the early stage, agricultural machinery and equipment are insufficient, so agricultural machinery squadrons can be established in one area, and farmers on various family farms can lease various agricultural machinery and equipment at any time to help them operate in spring ploughing and autumn harvest. ”

Song Tao nodded and said: "In fact, in the future, our Far Eastern Army will have a large number of demobilized officers and soldiers, as long as the company comes up with a certain policy and gives each of them dozens of acres of land, even if they are allowed to take their wives and children to Baikal to open up wasteland, they can be happy." Anyway, the land is vast and sparsely populated, it belongs to the place where rabbits don't, several families get together, as long as they have guns in their hands, encircle hundreds of acres of land, whether it is farming, fishing, grazing or whatever, it is better than a cow on a few acres of land, live and moisturize. ”

Wang He also smiled and said: "In fact, there is a misunderstanding in our understanding, family farms are not only for farming, but also for grazing. Who said that animal husbandry can only be the patent of nomads, is it true that the developed countries such as the United States, Australia, Argentina and New Zealand in modern society are all nomadic origins?

Farmers have set up their own family ranches, where they can grow a variety of crops, as well as high-quality pasture, raising cattle, sheep, chickens, pigs, and even digging fish ponds to raise fish. From a subsistence smallholder economy to a family farm that generates economic benefits every year, this is our ultimate goal. (To be continued.) )