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Hello friends, like I promised, I just made a post of the snakes we encountered in the link below

https://www.nairaland.com/6401380/harvest-rice-snakes-pics-n#98781675

Trust Nigerians, the fleshy snakes ended up in a pot. This was my share of one of the snakes. But unfortunately, I don't do snakes.


Again, I encourage you to see the report of my rice farm on the link below

https://www.nairaland.com/6376209/adventure-into-rice-farming-photos

While harvesting, this happened. Watch the video below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbxRBug7L9o

It was God that saved us from this one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpylXOlHux8

The dog almost died but the locals told me it had a slim chance of survival, and the poor thing did. But not without loosing an eye.

sonofjos:
came home another day and the neighbors caught this one below same as the one above

They told me that on sighting this snake at the farm, This hero bingo wanted to impress his owner, that instead of barking for help, it decided to commando the snake... (I've noticed that dogs can do alot of eye service) well, the rest of the story is seen in the dog's pictures

came home another day and the neighbors caught this one below same as the one above

I saw this lady at the farm casually striking the ground while bargaining her farm work, only for me to come closer and discover she was killing this snake. That's how rampant these snakes are there.

I saw this lady at the farm casually striking the ground while bargaining her farm work; only for me to come closer and discover she was killing this snake. That's how rampant these snakes are there.

This long guy was caught and beheaded when we went for broadcasting. Locally known as gamasheka or something. I was told it's very poisonous.

Sorry for posting this in this section. I looked for "animal" section to post this, but the closest I could see was pet. Thats why. Thanks.

Please see my other post to see details of my rice farming activities
https://www.nairaland.com/6376209/adventure-into-rice-farming-photos


During the cultivation process of my rice, we encountered many types and sizes of snakes, many of which I was unable to capture. Snakes are rampant in that place


I was supposed to have written this post since, but because of time constraints, I decided to do a compilation at a convenient time.

Here are the images of the few I was in position to capture

The first was a little snake. It's a baby but I was told it's very poisonous. The locals call it kububuwa.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7QSRdVKx8

gungab:
Informative

Thanks

Ishilove:
Add the congested roads and the traffic and you cannot be calm even if you try to. You will be angry for no reason. Yoruba people call it 'kan ra'. Pepper body. That is why danfo drivers behave like animals because one cannot sit inside hold up day in day out, inhaling noxious exhaust fumes, avoiding police, LASTMA, NURTW agbero, taskforce, police, VIO, those new ones wearing green uniform (I don't know these ones. There are so many uniforms in Lagos) and still be completely sane

Wow! If only the government would provide better traffic experience, I believe it would better peoples behaviour.
I noticed the many uniforms too. I believe that foreigner who came to Nigeria and called it a uniform country, visited Lagos.
The many uniforms are indeed something to behold. With so many law enforcement agents, Lagosians should be the most behaved people in Nigeria.

Ishilove:
... I almost ran mad there because life in that state is so... sleepy. Everyone was just moving like geriatric patients, unlike Lagos here where if you are too slow, you will be shoved aside. Last last when it was time to leave, I packed my travelling bags and two mighty Ghana-must-go bags and fled the place by 6am.

You tasted the "normal" and yet ran away from it. That's why I say you guys are not of this world. Lol

Very beautiful and articulate response. Thanks. I must commend that u are very funny too. I was tempted to look u up and was not surprised to discover you are a writer and a very good one at that.

Dear lagosians,

Please pardon the grammatic errors.

Being born and bred in the north, I am conditioned to a certain societal behaviour that the first time I went to Lagos, interacting and seeing the people was a bit of a cultural shock to me. I've travelled to many states in the North and few in the south and almost all seemed just about the same as home.

But the first time I visited Lagos a few years ago I had many experiences that made it seem as if was in another country entirely. I'll share a few notable ones.

Please note that I'm not looking for trouble, I'm just giving a honest opinion

It was as if everyone seemd to converse harshly over very simple transactions. One would think they know each other from somewhere.
Many people in the public seemed angry as a default mode. I wondered why.

I boarded a bus to computer village and a primary school kid later joined and was later exchanging very hot words with the conductor who was a very muscular guy over some trivial amount. I watched with interest and it got to a point where I feared for the little guy because If that conductor decided to as much as slap the small boy, there won't be much left. But somehow the conductor calmed down as if he had met a worthy opponent. That boy seemed to me as if he had super powers.

I joined another bus and a fight broke out between the conductor and a passenger. Both of whom were muscular. None would hear sorry. The fight got so bad that the both ended with broken faces and the passenger got a rock and shattered off both side mirrors of the bus. Since I intended to join night bus home, I kukuma dropped and joined okada (it was legal then) which was much more expensive but worth it. I don't know how they ended.

I noticed many young people are muscular body builders. I wonder why.

I was walking on a street at computer village and a guy started threatening and commanding me to come over. At first, I thought he was speaking to someone else when I realised there was no one around me, and he made it clear he was referring to me. Till today, I don't know what confidence made me to keep walking. That was how I escaped O.

Everyone seems to be in hell of a rush.
I even said that if rapture takes place, Lagos would not know anything had happened for two weeks.

But Behind all these seemingly negative atmosphere, I discovered that lagosians are very kind people. Always willing to help.
As a stranger, I found it difficult to find places and routes. But almost anyone you ask is very willing to show you directions. I've had instances where people left their comfort to walk me to places where they gave me directions. Very welcoming set of people to strangers I tell you.

All these mixed experiences made me say that Lagosians are Indeed a very strange people.

Many other things I've experienced at Lagos over my other subsequent visits, but Lagos has remained strange to me.

I mean no disrespect to anyone, I'm just a fellow countryman who wants to better know my country.

My question to you guys is, why is Lagos the way it is?

Is there anything I missed or misunderstood about Lagos?

Thanks

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This post is just the first phase. I will be updating/creating new post with more details and other experiences at the farm. Experiences like the many snakes we came across (necessary for the survival of nairaland)

There is no electricity in this place which is much needed by me for constant communication, media use, charging flashlight etc. so I always go with my solar charger.

Some of the first batch of rice in the first store

First rice arrives store.

It's important that rice is piled at base before final transportation for sale. This safeguards against theft, fire etc. It's usually a race against time.


First batch of rice loaded and ready for transportation out.

We transport the harvested rice and pile them at the Ibi base before eventual transportation to be sold at Shendam LGA.
You can choose to sell at that village but you get better prices at Shendam LGA.


(There are always buyers hovering over farmers like vultures. These are the times when farmers feel like kings. Lol)

It's important to bargain the winnowing to be done per bag. Daily pay is not convenient because they don't work fast. And God help you if you have multiple farms as I had. I was working like a machine.

After the threshing, I hired women for the winnowing.

Reaping of the deepwater rice is done by hand as no harvesting machine is known reap it.


I experienced large rice loss percentage with the thresher I used. This was the same thresher that we recently made improvements on by local fabricators.
We figure that once we change to bigger escape nets, and remove some fan bottom plates, it will serve Just fine.

But time was against us and there is no good fabricator nearby- the closest being at Kuka in shendam LGA of Plateau State.
So both reaping and threshing of all the swamp rice was done by hand.

Threshing

I used my thresher for threshing


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPOJ7xakqSY

Reaping upland rice

I started reaping my upland rice using my reaping machines (watch the video above please.)


This is me below supervising reaping

-Harvest-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy9nFo8WrpI

Harvest starts in November.
With thousands of hecters waiting to be harvested, a visitor would wonder how all that rice would ever be reaped, but when harvest time comes, you see massive migration of labour force from the North to this farming community called Tapga and environs. So, before the end of December, you on meet gleaners at the farms. With no farm rice standing.

NB: fertilizer is usually not applied to the deep water rice (biruwa) I met it that way and the locals usually get a fair yield.
In fact, operations stop at the application of 24D post emergence. When the floods come you can't even come to visit your farm unless with a canoe. you only come during harvest when the water has receded to see what God has given you.
This cheap production cost of this type of rice is the major attraction for it.