Balihu farm, Qichun County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province

Balihu farm

Balihu farm is located in the southwest of Qichun County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province. It was built in 1958, first under the jurisdiction of Hubei Provincial Land Reclamation Bureau, and then under the jurisdiction of Hubei Provincial Land Reclamation Bureau? At the beginning of its establishment, its central area was the Yellow River flooded area of the Yangtze River, which was a vast marsh. There were only three surnames of Gaowan, wangwan and duwan in the West. In the north, it was connected with Chixi (Pengsi town) and in the East, there was Tumen Village. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was surrounded by local people, other towns in the lower half of the county, and people from all over the country (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Hunan, Beijing, etc.), He'nan, et al.) the educated youth were sent to build dams and fields,

Its west side is adjacent to Qizhou, the hometown of Li Shizhen, who compiled and annotated the compendium of Materia Medica. It is limited to Niupiao. Its west side is bounded by Lianghekou of Pengsi town. Its East and north sides are bounded by Chidong town and Sandu. It is about 20 minutes away from Caohe Town, the county seat. There are many lakes in the farm. It is a natural aquaculture base. There are four big fish, local fish, turtle, black soil and fertile soil It is a commodity grain production base, rich in oranges and sugarcane (imported from Xinjiang). It grows apples, pears, watermelons, melons, and rich fruit series. In the 1980s, according to its rich products, it once established a food factory to produce brown sugar, white sugar, oranges, lotus seeds, pineapple cans and other foods, which were very popular for a time. Its products are sold to Xishui, Yingshan, Luotian, Wuxue, and other counties and cities It is the specialty food of Qichun.

Administrative planning

At first, it was the general farm, and then it was divided into one, two and three parts. Now, it is the same as 200? Year and three

historical origin

In 1950, Qichun County State Farm was founded in xiheyi, with 834 mu of land, forest and water, and 13 employees. It was renamed "state farm" in 1952. In 1953, the State Farm moved to Balihu, with 4125 mu of land and 76 employees. In 1956, it was transformed into a state-owned breeding demonstration farm with a land area of 5867 Mu and 209 employees. In 1956, it was officially renamed "state owned Balihu farm". In 1958, the farm was transformed into a people's commune. In 1961, the establishment of the farm was restored, and the system of government and society was still one. In 1985, the farm covers an area of 34.46 square kilometers, including 21800 mu of arable land and 11800 people, including 5692 labor force; the total output value of industry and agriculture is 11.42 million yuan, and the total output value of agriculture is 5.63 million yuan; it has 3 sub farms, 16 villages and 49 villager groups.

Economic situation

There used to be water pump station, brick factory, automobile ferry, food factory, motorcade, electric appliance factory and other units in the region. There were agriculture, industry and commerce, credit cooperatives in economy and trade. After the economic eruption of coastal cities in the mid-1990s, the economy gradually lost its competition, withdrew from the industry market, entered the comprehensive agricultural period, and gradually became a residential and commercial area. Due to its superior geographical conditions, it introduced large-scale commercial zone Building a large shipbuilding base