When harvesting wheat, there are always old people in the countryside who take the opportunity to harvest wheat straw. What's the use of harvesting wheat straw?

First of all, it is very good as firewood for cooking. In rural families, firewood stoves are used for cooking. When rice cookers were not used before, farmers used straw as firewood. It is flammable and very flexible. It is used to make pancakes. It can promote the uniform heating of the pot and make the pancakes golden yellow. Farmers burn kang in winter, which is also a good fuel. Nowadays, with the widespread application of rice cookers and natural gas stoves in rural areas, although the application of wheat straw and grass has decreased, farmers still need to use hardwood such as dead branches when cooking, because it is flammable. It is also the best fuel for farmers to bake pancakes.

Secondly, it is used as food for livestock in winter. In the past, people in rural areas raised pigs, cows and sheep, but in winter in the north, when these animals were not fed silage, wheat straw was the best raw material. At this time, farmers cut up the wheat straw with a lawn mower, then mix it with water, and then mix it with corn feed or wheat bran to feed cattle and sheep. This is the most beautiful food for cattle and sheep in winter. When raising pigs and chickens, farmers' friends use a pulverizer to pull wheat straw to farmers' homes and grind it into flour-like fine powder, so that wheat bran can be mixed and fed, which not only solves the problem of livestock feed, but also reduces the cost. However, the habits of the rural elderly have not changed.

Third, it is used as a raw material for papermaking. In the past, when farmers finished grinding wheat, the wheat stalks would be piled up in hot weather, because it rained in summer and the wheat stalks were prone to mildew. After the dry straw is piled, it can be used at will. At this time, people from paper mills came to the village to buy. This kind of wheat straw is the best raw material for making high-quality white rice paper. Farmers' friends can increase their family's economic income by selling wheat straw.

Fourth, it is used to cover the seedbed and keep the temperature and humidity. Farmer friends usually need to raise seedlings. In order to improve the emergence rate of seeds, wheat straw is usually covered on the ground, which can not only keep the ground temperature at night, but also keep the soil moisture when the temperature is too high at noon. The role of wheat straw can not be ignored. In order to develop greenhouse vegetables in rural areas around Guanzhong, this kind of straw curtain is very popular and practical, which brings great convenience to vegetable farmers and plays a very good role.