Central Plains, early rice cultivation methods

Raising seedlings

To raise rice seedlings around 5.1 each year, the rice seeds should be dried and then sterilized. In the early days, there was no disinfectant, but quickwhite ash was used to build the house. put the dried rice seeds into the water tank, add raw white ash, and add water to soak. Change the water in the tank every day, soak it for about 2-3 days and control it to dry.

Rice seeds soaked in water tanks

The dried rice seeds are sprinkled on the prepared rice bed, spread evenly and covered with prepared farm dung. Sow the seeds and cover the dung and put water over the rice bed. After the seedlings are issued, they should be watered frequently and pay more attention to weeds and pests.

A bed of unseeded rice.

Forty days later, the wheat was harvested, the rice seedlings were ready, and the ploughed fields were watered and seedlings could be planted.

Well-grown rice seedlings

Transplanting rice seedlings

Separate the rice seedlings from the seedbed, transport them to the field, and transplant rice seedlings.

Divide rice seedlings

Intercalation

In order to ensure that many people transplant rice seedlings neatly, it is usually held by a rope. Transplanting rice seedlings is not a good job, in the paddy field with water, can not stand straight, can not squat, can only bend over, the end of the day is very tired.

Rope for transplanting rice seedlings

Diammonium in planted rice fields will make the water give off grass green and look nutritious.

Harvest

Rice matures and can be harvested around the middle of October each year.

Mature rice fields

Harvest rice

The cut rice has a lot of moisture, so it needs to be dried for a few days, and then tied up into small bundles.

The rice after drying is like this, and then tied up into small bundles.

Bundled rice

Carry rice

Although the rice is mature, the humidity on the ground is still so high that agricultural vehicles can't get in and have to carry it out bit by bit. Lajia's rice is neatly arranged and piled into a square pile. Use a rice beater to lay down the rice seeds, pack them into packages and send them to the rice collection point to sell. In recent years, the vigorous development of machines has solved a lot of manual labor for farmers. It is more or less the same in raising seedlings and planting, except that the harvest is no longer so troublesome, and the machine can be driven to the field once.

The rice beater needs to be driven by a motor or engine.

Crawler rice harvester