Chapter 550 The Agricultural Revolution
In fact, Pamela Mountbatten did not think it was a problem for Malaya to develop the steel industry, and it did not even have to go through London for approval; the transfer of industries to the United States in the nineteenth century, did it go through London at that time?
No, on the contrary, the London government was strictly guarded to prevent the flow of the latest textile machines into the United States.
But capital still voted with its feet, just as she now discovered the Australian iron ore, immediately there are countless British-owned related enterprises stationed in Perth, in this part of Western Australia, the influx of British capital even beyond, traditionally more favored eastern Australia.
Of course Pamela Mountbatten, as the one who caused the fad, knows who the real source originated from.
“It’s only when you actually get to Australia that you realize how bad it is. It’s hard to imagine Australia being anything like New Zealand, which is not far away.” Pamela Mountbatten has also been to the southern hemisphere a few times now and has a visualization of how different the two countries are.
“Maybe that’s life, sometimes it just happens.” Alan Wilson shrugged and sighed, “Australia is don’t try to work on its natural environment, but honest mining is a good option.”
Australia is a very old and stable continent, New Zealand was formed much later than Australia. That alone can determine a lot, New Zealand, though small, is an agricultural powerhouse and holds an important position in world agriculture.
Australia don’t look at a huge area, all the livable places put together are not really much bigger than New Zealand’s.
Pamela Mountbatten turned around in the vast Western Australia and still honestly chose Perth, which was farther away from the mines, as the headquarters of her group.
“Oh, how is the political environment in New Zealand now?” Alan Wilson opened his mouth to inquire about this country that had little presence among the Five Eyes Alliance to see if there were any opportunities.
“The Labor Party led by Peter Fraser lost the election last year, but in the rush of last year, I was able to sense that the strength of the New Zealand Labor Party is much more stable than the base of the Labor Party led by the native Prime Minister Adderley.” Pamela Mountbatten said this rhetorically, “What are your thoughts.”
“The land distribution program for Malaya has come out, and you know that Malaya now has a population of ten million, but compared to Japan, the agricultural conditions are considered very good. I recently wanted to look into farming support. Get this issue of agriculture and animal husbandry solved! It would solve a big problem.” Alan Wilson voiced his thoughts, “Put the labor-intensive industries in West Malaysia, but the steel industry should be put in East Malaysia, West Malaysia play agriculture, East Malaysia play pastoralism.”
Happiness are contrasted, Japan if only twenty million people, the Japanese islands can also develop to develop agriculture and animal husbandry. But Japan’s population is approaching eighty million people, relying on agriculture and animal husbandry are not enough to eat.
What do you want nothing Japan in addition to doing sweatshops, there is no way out. But Malaya is different, there are a lot of natural resources that can be utilized, and with a generous area, agriculture and animal husbandry can be developed.
“Darling, that reminds me of the big build up of the Calcutta Industrial Estate, which has declined since the partition of India and Pakistan.” Pamela Mountbatten snickered, “You are so bad.”
“Talk about bad, the Malays developed agriculture plus rubber and left the industrial sector to the Chinese. Figure out how to put a different focus on East and West Malaysia, all for the stability of the colony.” Alan Wilson mused for a moment, “Pay more attention to the relevant news for me, I’m going to have a round of agro-pastoral revolution first, pacify the Malays first.”
This is no problem, Alan Wilson even wants to let the Malays raise pigs, do not look at the Malays are pacifists, this is not a problem, the twenty-first century Egypt is a loud and clear pig farming country, the development of the industry is not for you to eat, do not believe in pacifist people to eat it is not okay?
The pig industry alone does not need the help of other countries, the United Kingdom is the expert in this area, the Great Yorkshire pig is the native breed of pigs in the United Kingdom.
In the late nineteenth century, with the development of British production and the improvement of living conditions, people’s need for fat in pork is greatly reduced, after a purposeful, planned and systematic straight-line cultivation of high-protein concentrate-type diets, directional breeding and selection, so that the large white pig quickly to the direction of the development of lean meat.
Many countries from the United Kingdom introduced the large white pig, combined with local specific conditions have been bred into suitable for their own large white pig breeds, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan are the introduction of the country.
The white hog, which has been squeezed out of existence by the local black hog in China, is also a large Yorkshire hog imported from the UK. Fast meat growth and high fertility, these are the advantages.
Agriculture and animal husbandry is no less technologically advanced than industry, and in the twenty-first century China has not yet gotten rid of its dependence on it. Europe and the United States really strong to impregnable field is in agriculture and animal husbandry. Many countries have their own advantages!
Hog farming has an important indicator called feed to meat ratio, refers to the feeding of livestock and poultry weight gain one kilogram of feed consumed, it is an important indicator to evaluate the feed remuneration. Europe and the United States can reach two point two, China can only go to two point eight, the gap is still huge. The United States an average of a stock sow for fattening pigs more than twenty, while China’s average of sixteen, the gap is also large.
Pamela Mountbatten nodded her head, also know the purpose of Allen Wilson, first appease the local indigenous Malays. Once the Malays are preconceived to think that they are living a better life than the Chinese. Once this influence is formed, at least one generation will not be able to get rid of it.
“Wait for me, I’ll send a telegram to bring it to the attention of the companies.” Pamela Mountbatten got up and decided to help her fiancé gather relevant news.
Coincidentally, Allen Wilson was also going to send a telegram to have Alisa draft a program for an agrarian revolution after the land distribution program, in preparation for the distribution starting from agriculture and livestock.
This is also to set things right Well, it’s all about filling in the mess left behind by former Commissioner Gerald Edward.
Set off a revolution in agriculture and animal husbandry in fact, the cost is not big, for Alan Wilson, especially so, Pamela Mountbatten, although the transfer of industry does not have to wait for the civil service perspective recognized by London, can completely bypass the government to do it themselves.
But the industrial transfer involving industry is too compelling, Alan Wilson as a civil servant who has not been too bottom. It is impossible to ignore the constraints of Whitehall, but also can only let Pamela Mountbatten think of ways.
Agriculture and animal husbandry is different, although the technological content is not at all worse than industry, but it really does not attract attention. Whitehall has no reason to oppose it and will strongly support it.
Pamela Mountbatten, who already has the temperament of a strong woman, quickly collected the good breeds that her fiancé needed through her organizations in various countries, and in addition to the Great White York, there were also American Duroc pigs. The White Stripes of the Chicken Contest, the Charolais cattle of France, the Boer goats of South Africa, and so on.
“None of these things, in fact, cost much.” Pamela Mountbatten said in a tone of triviality.
“No, no, Malaya is going to cost a fortune to bring in.” Alan Wilson’s head shook like a rattle, he could not let go of this opportunity to zero in on Malaya’s finances.
Alan Wilson knows that colonial work and native work is not the same, Whitehall seeks stability, the more you can toss and turn in colonial work is the better, the so-called use of contacts to get these finest varieties to Malaya is not working.
Alan Wilson to sign a contract in the name of the Commissioner of Malaya, signing a yin and yang contract to legally turn over the current year’s revenue of British Malaya to London.
“The point is that you said that things like this farming and livestock above are not easy to attract attention.” Pamela Mountbatten pondered rhetorically for a moment, “You once said that it was almost impossible for an ancient civilization like India to admit that it was not even a match for plantation farming.”
“Including India, but not limited to India, the Chinese are the same!” Alan Wilson stated that the great days of India have passed, he is now managing British Malaya, “The mentality is such a mentality, but sometimes it’s better to let them recognize the reality, it’s good for them, even this mentality can’t be adjusted, that would be a tragedy, I see that it would be very difficult for India to come out of the thousands of years of glorious history, the Chinese, well, you can still try to save save save.”
About Pamela Mountbatten is now in the hands of the most valuable assets, has been named Elizabeth iron ore mine, Allen Wilson gave the advice, or do not publish the maximum estimated reserves, but reported a two or three billion tons of reserves is very appropriate.
Again, it’s a big, world-famous iron ore mine now, and it’s easier to get the Australian government to agree to iron ore exports, with room for maneuver, such as not exporting to Japan in the future.
According to an anonymous source far away in Australia who does not wish to reveal his identity, and also under the guidance of the Malayan High Commissioner, Alan Wilson, the British-controlled newspapers have lately been focusing on criticizing the disappointingly backward thinking of Malaya.
Of course in the grand scheme of things, where the land distribution program is already in place, the Malays are saying that the British are right, the Malays are just backward and that is why they need a bigger share of the land.
Around even planting and farming, you are not Europe’s rivals of the core idea, the Commissioner of the Office of the Executive Council, although not present, but still busy, the words said, land distribution alone is still not enough, but also the agricultural revolution, in order to pull the Malay people out of the quagmire.
Only just in May, the Malayan Executive Council has already spent all the financial estimates for the year 1950, for the whole of British Malaya, without a single cent, and is waiting for the Commissioner to return and sign it with the full support of the Malays.
“That’s right, we don’t exploit the colonies, we spend money for a good reason, and that’s the way we’ll do it when we run into similar things in the future.” Alan Wilson, who was still in Australia, gave encouragement in the return telegram, high yielding seeds want money or not? Advanced breeding pigs want money or not, these money should be spent, “wait for me to go back to sign, so that the major newspapers are ready to sing the praises of the revolution around agriculture and animal husbandry.”