(1) Establish the leading position of small-tailed Han sheep in rural economic development ① Short production cycle, quick profit, simple technology and wide coverage: Small-tailed Han sheep can be fattened and slaughtered at the age of 4 months, which is in line with the urgent desire of farmers to get rich in the short term. Raising sheep in a shed is basically the same as the traditional "standing sheep" of farmers, and the raising technology is easy to master. Traditional goat herding is a large group of professional herding, and sheep farmers only account for 10% ~ 20% of the total number of farmers, while small-tailed Han sheep can be kept in houses by ordinary farmers, and the coverage can be greatly improved.
(2) Strong resistance can reduce the harm of disastrous climate: planting grass is more resistant than food crops, and the requirements for land conditions and management are not strict. General hillside planting can achieve stable and high yield, at least it is impossible not to harvest forever.
(3) It is beneficial to protect vegetation, improve the ecological environment and promote the coordinated development of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry: In view of the continuous deterioration of the ecological environment in Wuqi County, the county party committee and government have made the decision of "closing hillsides to prohibit grazing and speeding up the construction of ecological environment". Only by changing sheep grazing to house feeding can it be possible to close the mountain and prohibit grazing. Keeping sheep in the house has put an end to the damage of sheep to forest and grass, which will inevitably promote the great development of forestry. Raising sheep and planting grass can speed up the transformation of farmland in mountainous areas and the management of barren hills and slopes, and increase the area of green space. Raising sheep in houses is easy to accumulate fertilizer, and there are many sheep, which can increase fertilizer input for food crops and promote high yield. Raising sheep itself is a kind of commodity production behavior, which can directly obtain higher economic income, invest the income from raising sheep in farmland capital construction and water conservancy, and fundamentally improve the basic conditions of agriculture. This can form the basis of interdependence and development of all industries.
④ The economic benefit of developing small-tailed Han sheep in house is much higher than that of grain production: planting an acre of grain crops in mountainous areas, the county's average net income is about 1 1,000 yuan, while the annual net income of a small-tailed Han sheep in house is 1, 200 yuan. Based on a sheep with 3 mu of mountain pasture, the income of planting grass and raising sheep is four times that of growing grain. It can be seen that the labor intensity is much lower than farming, but the economic benefit is much higher than growing grain.
⑤ The labor reward rate of small-tailed Han sheep is much higher than that of grazing local goats: the fattening period of grazing local goats is generally one year, which is three times that of small-tailed Han sheep; The slaughter rate of local goats is generally 30% ~ 40%, while the slaughter rate of small-tailed Han sheep can reach 400%. -A local goat earns a net income of 60 ~ 70 yuan a year, and a group of 50 ~ 60 goats only earns 3,000 ~ 4,000 yuan a year, leaving out an adult labor force. Small-tailed Han sheep can reach sexual maturity at the age of 6 months, 1 can give birth to 2 or 3 fetuses every 2 years, with 2-6 lambs each. However, local grazing goats generally give birth to 1 baby and 1-2 lambs each. Compared with the two, the gap is still quite large.
The economic and social benefits of closing hillsides to grazing and feeding small-tailed Han sheep in houses are better than those of grazing goats in other industries and local breeds. Closing hillsides and forbidding grazing were put forward to improve the ecological environment. However, only by changing sheep grazing to house feeding can we ensure that closing hillsides and prohibiting grazing can be truly implemented. Therefore, in the new round of construction upsurge in Wuqi, the starting point of industrial structure adjustment is to develop animal husbandry with small-tailed Han sheep as the main body. Giving full play to its leading role in commodities, taking the road of reverse development, promoting the development of forestry and agriculture, and forming a virtuous circle situation of mutual promotion are the correct strategic choices for rural economic construction in Wuqi. (2) Taking closing hillsides to grassland as the key work of developing sheep houses and building ecological agriculture, closing hillsides to grassland is necessary to develop small-tailed cold sheep houses. According to the principle of matching sheep and grass, the county implements the task of planting grass to every sheep farmer, and cultivates farmers' consciousness that "planting grass is equal to growing grain" and "planting grass will bring money", so that grass grows vigorously and sheep develop simultaneously. Combined with the reform of rural property rights system, the right to use barren hills and slopes suitable for grass will be auctioned to households or allocated to sheep farmers free of charge, so as to mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to develop and build grasslands and accelerate the pace of natural grassland transformation. (3) According to the requirements of industrialization, do a good job in the promotion of small-tailed Han sheep. ① Accelerate the construction of sheep breeding base, and strive to keep sheep pure: small-tailed Han sheep gain weight quickly and have high reproduction rate. If they are mixed together and degraded, their benefits will be affected. Firstly, introduce purebred sheep, reasonably match the ratio of male and female sheep according to the requirements of improved breed breeding, and establish a special group of improved breeds; Secondly, for breeding sheep after the second generation, it is necessary to establish management accounts based on villages and towns, make rational distribution among regions, avoid inbreeding, gradually popularize advanced technologies such as artificial insemination, and speed up the breeding process of improved varieties.
(2) Do a good job in technical popularization and ensure that it is fed according to the standardized requirements: fine varieties should be fed well, and scientific feeding methods are the guarantee to improve the production efficiency of small-tailed Han sheep. Strengthen the production of forage and feed, raise sheep at full price and prevent diseases in time. For 1 with multiple lambs, feeding dairy goats or supplementing milk substitutes are adopted to improve the survival rate of lambs. Accelerate the establishment of sheep insurance system and reduce the risk of production and operation.
③ Take various forms, such as "citizen+farmer", and strive to increase the number of small-tailed Han sheep raised in houses: in order to speed up the development of small-tailed Han sheep production, combined with poverty alleviation and development, advocate the form of "citizen+farmer" to solve the problem of insufficient investment. The specific way is: cadres or citizens choose their own objects, buy two ewes suitable for breeding for poor households, sign a contract, borrow the sheep and return them to the sheep, and share them every two years 1 round for rolling development. You can also encourage laid-off workers with investment ability to cooperate with farmers for professional breeding, or set up large-scale sheep farms for intensive production. Accelerate the industrialization construction of raising sheep in houses through various ways.
(4) Accelerate the construction of production and marketing service system: establish and improve the technical service system for small-tailed Han sheep at the county, township and village levels, so that "there is one station in the county and one technician in the village", and do a good job in small-tailed Han sheep breeding and related practical technical training, so that at least one sheep farmer can master standardized small-tailed Han sheep breeding technology and common sense of disease prevention and treatment. According to the working idea of "deep purchase and distant sale", combined with the reform of animal husbandry system and the development of individual and private enterprises, the county and township levels have vigorously supported a number of sheep products processing and sales enterprises, extended the purchase and sale outlets, and gradually developed into leading enterprises to promote production and ensure the healthy and orderly development of sheep raised in houses.
⑤ Vigorously support the cultivation of advanced models, and give full play to their demonstration and leading role: there is an essential difference between raising sheep in houses and traditional sheep production. Therefore, according to the characteristics of regional economy and the economic situation of farmers' families, the county has purposefully cultivated some large professional sheep farmers and typical households, formed a variety of modes of getting rich, played its role of demonstration and radiation, promoted shed sheep breeding to become a new industry, and driven the people to get rich as soon as possible.
In Wuqi county, the number of small-tailed Han sheep in houses has reached more than 60,000 in just three years, and will reach more than 200,000 in another three to five years.