Chapter 200: Controlling Cotton Bollworms in Corn Fields

Chapter 200: Controlling Cotton Bollworms in Corn Fields

It seems that scientific farming is necessary whether in ancient times or modern times.

Gu Dahan naturally also saw the effect of that acre of land.

He stared at the fields every day and wished he could stay there.

After seeing the effect, Gu Dahan immediately became energetic and started to sterilize corn in other fields.

After walking around the fields, Tong Huaqiong stopped at her own field to watch the grains being sterilized by the cold weather.

It just so happened that Liu Yue'e's mother, Zhao, and Qin Qingyou's mother, Aunt Qin, were also busy working in their own fields.

When Zhao saw Tong Huaqiong, she greeted him, "My dear, why don't you go to the shop these days?"

Tong Huaqiong said, "I came to see how the corn is growing. Are you weeding the fields or what?"

Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin looked at each other and smiled.

No wonder people say Tong Da Jiao is not good at farming. They are not weeding, they are obviously catching cotton bollworms.

Every year, cotton bollworms cover the corn cobs and eat them. During the harvest, one-third of the corn cobs in an acre of land are hollow. It is really a case of working hard all year but still getting a disappointing harvest.

Aunt Qin said, "We are catching cotton bollworms."

Tong Huaqiong said in surprise: "How can we catch all these tiny insects?"

There are so many insects crawling on the corn ears that you could die of exhaustion even if you worked day and night in the fields and still not catch them all.

What's more, these pests have a strong reproductive capacity. They are caught today and hatched tomorrow, and this goes on endlessly.

The cotton bollworm is one of the important factors of corn ear rot.

If the insects cannot be completely eliminated, the ear rot will not be cured.

Zhao said, "Who says it's not true? But we have to catch as many as we can if we can't catch them all. We won't let them destroy an acre of land."

Aunt Qin sighed and said, "Sister Tong, you don't know how hard it is to work in the fields. "

At this time, Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin couldn't help but envy Tong Huaqiong's business skills.

If they had the ability to do business like this, they wouldn't have to be tied to the fields and work from morning to night.

Not only them, but everyone in the village is busy working in the corn fields, either manually sterilizing or manually removing insects.

Tong Huaqiong saw it clearly.

Tong Huaqiong took out the kettle and cakes she had brought from home and invited Zhao and Aunt Qin to sit on the edge of the field to rest.

The autumn heat was at its peak. Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin had been busy in the cornfield for a long time, and their throats were already sore from thirst.

Seeing Tong Huaqiong's enthusiastic greeting, he put down the tools in his hands and sat on the edge of the field to drink water and eat cakes.

At this time, a breeze blew, and Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin felt so comfortable that they almost dozed off.

When Tong Huaqiong, Zhao and Aunt Qin saw Gu Dahan spraying pesticides on Gu's corn field, they curiously asked Tong Huaqiong, "The corn is almost ripe, what is Dahan doing? Why is he spraying pesticides?"

In the minds of farmers of this era, topdressing and applying pesticides are usually done during the seedling stage of corn, and topdressing and applying pesticides are rarely done during the grain filling stage of corn. It is generally believed that doing so will burn the corn and stop it from filling.

Tong Huaqiong felt that there was nothing to hide from Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin. Their fields were right next to her own. If their corn fields were not sterilized, her own corn field would ultimately be affected.

Tong Huaqiong originally planned to give them the antiseptic drug.

Tong Huaqiong said: "My family is removing cotton bollworms and mildew on corn ears during Dahan."

Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin looked surprised.

There are pesticides that are effective against cotton bollworms and mildew?

This was the first time they had heard of it.

Aunt Qin asked suspiciously, "Is there really such a medicine? Where did Dahan buy it from?"

Tong Huaqiong said to Aunt Qin, "My Jingzhe saw it in an agricultural book and told me, so I mixed some myself. You know I don't work in the fields much, so Dahan didn't dare to try it too much. I forced him to try it on the one acre of land at the foot of the west mountain of my home first. He found that the number of cotton bollworms decreased and the mildew spots on the corn cobs also decreased. Dahan then decided to catch up with all the fields."

"If you don't believe me, go and take a look at the land at the foot of the west mountain where I live."

Zhao's heart suddenly moved. She thought of the yellowing leaves of her own wheat during the filling period. It was her mother-in-law who asked Gu Dashu to send her fertilizer that she had never seen before. Once it was applied, the wheat turned green again.

The reason why our wheat yield this year is higher than in previous years is thanks to the fertilizer provided by my mother-in-law.

Could it be that the pesticides that Gu Dahan is spraying now can really eliminate cotton bollworms and mildew spots on the ears?

If that were the case, it would be really great. We could harvest at least a hundred kilograms more corn.

Zhao said, "Mother-in-law, I believe you. It would be great if this prescription could be used by me at home."

Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, Sister-in-law Qin, why did I come to the field to talk to you? I just wanted to give you this medicine. I didn't dare to give it to you directly, for fear that you wouldn't dare to use it. That's why I told you that my family has already used it. If you still don't believe it, just wait until Dahan finishes using the medicine on the land bordering yours, and then you can decide whether to use it after a few days to see the effect."

Tong Huaqiong would lie casually to people outside the Gu family.

The name Gu Jingzhe is more useful. After all, as a genius boy from Qinghe Bay, it is normal for him to learn agricultural knowledge that others don’t understand from books.

Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin had no doubt about this.

Because of Zhao's experience with Xiaomai, she didn't think about it at all and said directly: "Mother-in-law, I'm so happy that you gave me the antibacterial medicine. What am I waiting for? If you give it to me today, I can use it today."

Aunt Qin was a little hesitant. Her family didn't have much land, so she didn't dare to use it.

But think about it, Tong Huaqiong would not harm anyone. Her son and daughter-in-law were both helped by Tong Huaqiong to become rich. Now that Tong Huaqiong has antibacterial and anti-insect drugs, the first person she thinks of is her own family. She actually still doubts herself. She is too ungrateful.

Otherwise, try one acre of land first.

If the effect is really that good, there will be enough time to kill all the enemies again.

Aunt Qin smiled and said, "Sister Tong, I'm willing to try too."

Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "You should go to the foot of the West Mountain to see the situation of my land before making a decision. Dahan is spraying pesticides on the land now. You can first see how Dahan sprays and see if the cotton bollworms can be killed. If you really want to use pesticides, go to my house to get them."

Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin were not polite to Tong Huaqiong and said, "Okay."

At this time, Gu Dahan came to the field carrying a medicine barrel.

When Zhao saw Gu Dahan wrapped Koubei with layers of cloth and gauze, she laughed and joked, "Young wives wrap themselves up like this because they are afraid of getting tanned when they go to the fields. Is Dahan afraid of getting tanned too?"

Gu Dahan unloaded the medicine barrel and said, "My mother was worried that the medicine would go into my stomach through my mouth and nose when I sprayed it, so she made me cover my mouth and nose."

Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin were amazed at Tong Huaqiong's attentiveness.

Tong Huaqiong took the opportunity to say, "Sisters-in-law, you should do the same when you spray pesticides in the future. When I was doing business in town, I heard that someone near my mother's home was poisoned after spraying pesticides into his stomach."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Qin did not dare to take it lightly and decided to cover their mouths and noses when spraying pesticides on their own fields.