Chapter 551 Three Major Mechanization Strategies

Under Arthur's order, the government quickly took action, and the corresponding policies on further promoting agricultural mechanization were also distributed to local governments.

Among them, what agricultural workers are most concerned about is the government's subsidies for agricultural machinery.

In order to encourage these agricultural populations to purchase agricultural machinery in large quantities, the Australasian government specifically stipulates that subsidies ranging from 10% to 15% will be given to various mechanical products, and a single mechanical product can be exempted up to about 30 Australian dollars.

Whether it is a large corporate farm or a small private farm, such a subsidy policy can save a considerable amount of money.

At the same time, after having more machinery, farm labor can also save more manpower, and the cost of manpower will also be greatly reduced.

Although the use of machines also costs money, it is nothing more than daily maintenance and fuel costs. At present, tractors and other agricultural machinery in Australasian are relatively stable, and there will be basically no problems in normal use. Agricultural machinery manufacturers will basically promise warranty for a period of time.

On February 7, the second day after the agricultural machinery subsidy policy was promulgated, farms outside Sydney were talking about it, and it was very lively.

"Henderson, how many machines do you have on your farm now?" Two old men in simple clothes sat and chatted between two adjacent farms.

"Hey, my farm now has two tractors and three cultivators. The farm that originally required dozens of people now only needs less than ten people to operate." The old man named Henderson smiled and said very proudly.

"What's that? I have five tractors and four cultivators, and several other machines. Most of the farm workers have been laid off by me, and now I have to rely on these big guys to work." The other man curled his lips indifferently and couldn't wait to tell the number of his machines.

"So many? Kevin, where did you get so much money to buy these big guys? Even with government subsidies, the price of a tractor is as high as two hundred Australian dollars. The total cost of these big guys should be more than two thousand Australian dollars, right?" Henderson asked in surprise.

Government subsidies are indeed the driving force for them to buy a large number of machines, but this does not mean that they have to go bankrupt to buy those agricultural machines.

Although their farm is really large, the annual income can be maintained at around hundreds of Australian dollars, depending on the farm's harvest and grain prices that year.

But the problem is that the cost of this batch of machinery is as much as their income for several years. But most of their income is used to expand the farm, and it is difficult for them to take out two thousand Australian dollars at a time.

"Didn't the policy say that? We can use the land as collateral for a mortgage, and it is still easy to buy more than ten machines." Kevin explained with a smile.

"Are you crazy? Kevin, these two thousand Australian dollars are your income for at least four or five years, and all of them are used to buy machinery?" Henderson seemed to have heard something incredible, and looked surprised.

"You old man, don't you understand it now?" Kevin shook his head unhappily and explained to his friend: "You know, strengthening agricultural mechanization is a proposal made by His Majesty, and naturally His Majesty has his reasons. Although it costs two thousand Australian dollars to buy these machines, it can save at least 20 people's manpower every year. Judging from the average annual income, the savings in labor costs can be fully recovered in two or three years. This is a sure-win business, and buying machinery now is actually profitable."

Henderson was stunned, thinking carefully about what his friend said, and felt that it seemed to be the same.

Even if the annual income of farm employees is lower than the national average annual income, it is still more than 50 Australian dollars.

The labor cost of 20 people is equivalent to about 1,000 Australian dollars, which is not a small expense.

If this part of the labor cost can be saved, the agricultural machinery purchased for 2,000 Australian dollars does not seem to be a big deal.

Even if there are corresponding fuel and maintenance costs in the future, it will definitely be recovered within three or four years.

The service life of any agricultural machinery is more than ten years. After three or four years of full recovery, the next step is the pure profit brought by agricultural machinery.

"It seems to be like this. Oh my God, what did I miss?" Henderson nodded and said with a bit of laughter.

"It's not too late now, Henderson. Agricultural mechanization has become a trend. Less manpower can also save corresponding labor costs for us. Now there are subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery. This is simply a good opportunity. You should thank your majesty, otherwise you will have to pay dozens of Australian dollars for each piece of machinery!" Kevin smiled and comforted his friend.

It is only the second day after the agricultural machinery subsidy policy was issued, and it is still in time to buy agricultural machinery.

For private farmers like them, the cost saving of hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars for each machine is equivalent to a large amount of additional income, which is definitely good news.

Of course, because their farm is on the outskirts of Sydney, they receive the news of the policy the fastest and can also purchase the corresponding machinery and equipment from the machinery factory more conveniently.

If it is a village far from the city, or a remote farm, it will take some effort to buy machinery and equipment, which will also increase the invisible cost.

February 13, 1921, Sydney Palace.

It has been a week since the promulgation of the agricultural product subsidy policy, and the agricultural department has officially reported the sales of agricultural machinery in this week.

Arthur was very pleased to see the data. In just one week, more than 20,000 agricultural machinery equipment have been sold nationwide, which is expected to reduce at least 100,000 agricultural population manpower.

Due to the rush of time, most of these sales occurred around major cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, and sales in more remote areas have not officially started.

It is expected that after the agricultural machinery subsidy is popularized to all towns and farms in Australasia, agricultural machinery products will usher in a real hot-selling stage.

This will also allow Australasia to obtain a large amount of manpower in a short period of time, adding endless impetus to the development of other industries.

Of course, the popularization of agricultural machinery is not just that simple. First of all, it is impossible for all farms at present to quickly familiarize themselves with and operate agricultural machinery from scratch, which also means that the government must organize relevant personnel to teach each farm that purchases agricultural machinery how to use these agricultural machinery.

This is also a big project. The situation of each farm is different, and it takes a certain amount of time for these farms to thoroughly master the use of agricultural machinery.

Of course, this is just a big pain in the complete mechanization of agriculture. When these farms are completely familiar with the use of agricultural machinery, the government will not need to teach them in person when they buy new agricultural machinery.

If land wants to achieve large-scale and complete mechanization, simply purchasing agricultural machinery cannot do it.

In addition to popularizing agricultural machinery, it is a good idea to concentrate existing farms as much as possible and integrate small farms into large farms.

At present, some small farms in Australasia are too scattered, and a few farms do not even have enough funds to purchase machinery and equipment.

Or in other words, it is not cost-effective for such small farms to purchase machinery and equipment, because they originally have a small number of employees, and purchasing machinery has become another burden.

If such small farms cannot be integrated into larger farms, they will always be an obstacle to the mechanization of Australasia's agriculture.

In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture has proposed a new concept, that is, the industrialization of agriculture.

Encourage small farms to merge into joint-stock agricultural companies, unite to become medium-sized agricultural forces, and fight against those larger landowners and enterprises.

In this way, farmers will have enough income in agriculture and will have enough voice.

Of course, such a concept is destined to be unacceptable to those small farmers in a short time.

After all, after the farms are completely industrialized, these farmers will also pay close attention to their own distribution of interests.

There is still a long way to go to integrate small farms into medium or large farms, but it is not impossible for Australasia.

In response to this, the agricultural department has proposed a new method, that is, zero land for whole land, through land exchange to connect farms belonging to the same person as much as possible, so that the scale of the farm will become larger.

In addition to land exchange, you can also choose to let the government buy the entire farm at the market price, and then build new farms in other areas.

Anyway, the land in Australasia is still very extensive, and it is not difficult to find a new area suitable for building a farm. The difficulty is to get the government's land permit.

However, these land shares sold to the government can be used to purchase sufficient land in other places at market prices.

This is also equivalent to another way of land exchange, but it is directly exchanged with the government, and the actual benefits may not be so good.

A large number of orders for agricultural machinery have made the business of agricultural machinery factories busy. If the tanks had not been separated from the agricultural machinery factory, the agricultural machinery factory would have been busy and exhausted.

Even so, the life of the person in charge and employees of the agricultural machinery factory was not easy. Since February, there have been thousands of orders for agricultural machinery almost every day.

This also made the agricultural machinery factory enter a three-shift state, in order to produce as many agricultural machinery as possible to meet the domestic demand for a large number of agricultural machinery caused by the further mechanization of agriculture.

Soon, the benefits caused by the popularization of a large number of agricultural machinery have been reflected. A large number of job seekers suddenly flooded into the job market in Sydney, which also provided fresh blood for all walks of life in Sydney, and the development speed became faster.

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