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( Some of the farms in the area) Mr.K of Perak waited anxiously for me at B. Datoh a small old fishing town. I had been there many times often for fishing. Well I could say indeed a very potential area for swiftlet farming. Way back in 1997 a friend of mine had asked me to JV with him but the JV didn’t go thru. Since then 12 years had passed. Those days one would hardly know what swiftlet farming is.
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Mr.K had called me few times wanting to take me to view a place where he is interested to purchase an old industry shop lot. It looks like there are no industry activities here and most Shop lots were abandoned.
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Obviously the price was good (dam good) but Mr. K afraid that his decision may not be good and he needs second opinion. That was how we hooked up at B. Datoh to view this place.
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I did a geographical survey on this area and the result was fantastic. It was surrounded by green lung thousands of acres of oil palm trees. That is not all it is also surrounded with rivers and deltas. It is hard to find all good things in one package.
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After that I did a bird test within minutes hundreds of birds came. By looking at the way they reacted and fly these were all young birds. They really need a place to stay and make nests.
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The geography of this place is good for Swiftlet farming. In fact there are already few farms here. There are all very low profiles. I supposed not many people notice about this place as it is located inside away from the main road.
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By looking at those farms I can tell they are doing pretty well.
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“I ask Mr. K how you come to know about this place? “
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“James, one of my friend has a farm here .He advised me to buy one here.”
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“Mr.K, then why do you need me to come and see since your friend said it’s a good place”?
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“James I want to be certain as I know even in a good place if one does not have the skill it will be hard for him to entice the birds to the new farm. I need your advised on setting up a farm.”
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I was very happy to hear that. Mr. K was a retired teacher. He has a very unique way of doing things. He always believes in practical fact definitely no myth or play- play for this aggressive retired teacher.
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This is his first farm and he wants to do it right the first time.
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I salute him for this because I have came across many people who built their first farm on a trying out basis. Later to discover birds don’t stay and make nests they will blame it on many unrelated things.
For this light Industry lot, my suggestion to Mr.K was to be built a concrete floor so that it will have 2 floors. The size of this industry lot is equivalent to 2 common shop lots sizes. The inter section will further divided into 4-2 sections.
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The side walls that are of Zinc sheet will be insulated with clay bricks. The zinc roof will be removed or a second layer to be built to reduce heat……….
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The list goes on…… and Mr. K had personal requested me not to reveal too much on how his farm is to be built. Sorry all readers. I have to respect Mr.K request.
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(在這區域的一些燕屋農場)
霹靂州的 K先生急切地在B. Datoh一個小漁鎮等我。 我經常去那裡多次是為釣魚的。我可以說這個的確是一個非常有燕屋農場潛在的區域。 在1997年，我的朋友要求我和他一起合作，而是合作沒有談成。在那12年前。 大家幾乎都不知道什麼是燕屋農場。
K先生打電話給我很多次，想要帶我參觀他有兴趣購買的老產業商店。 它看起來好象沒有什麽活动在這里，並且多数商店全部被放棄了。
明显地價格是好(非常好)，但是的K先生害怕他的決定可能是不好的，並且他需要第二個觀點。 這是我們如何联接在B. Datoh觀看這個地方的目的。
我在這個區域做了地理勘測，並且結果是意想不到的。 它由清新的數以上萬計英畝的油棕園。 還有的是它也圍攏與河和三角洲。 它是難得的一個好地方。
之後我做燕子測試数百只燕子來了。 通过看他們飞行的方式，反應並且這些全部是幼鸟。 他們真正地需要地方停留和做窩。
這個地方的地理有益于燕屋農場。 实际上這裡已經有幾個燕屋農場。 而且是非常低調的。 並非許多人知道這個地方，由於它位于遠離主要大路。
我可以看得出他們是做的相當好的。
我問K先生“您是怎麼知道這個地方的？“
「James，我的朋友有一個燕屋農場在這裡。他勸告我在這裡買」。
「K先生，您為什麼要我來看，因為您的朋友說它是個合适的地點」？
「James, 我想要一個肯定，當我知道一個合适的地點，如果沒有誘惑燕子的技巧也是难的。 我需要您的勸告來建設燕屋農場」。
我非常得愉快得知K先生是一位退休老師。 他有一個非常獨特的做事方式。 他明確地相信實用的事實，這位積極的退休老師決不相信神話或戲劇。
這是他第一個燕屋農場，並且他要第一次就做的對。 我向他致敬，因為我有見過不少燕屋主，修建了他們的第一個燕屋農場根據試驗的依據。 自后發現燕子不要停留並且不要做窩，他們將事情責備在許多無關的事上。
對于這些轻工业單位，我對K先生的建議，將修造另一個水泥地板，以便它有2個地板。 這工业單位的大小相當于2個商店。 相互部分將促進划分成4-2個部分。
鋅板料的墙壁將用黏土磚來隔層。 將去除鋅屋頂或修造另一層來减少热度..... 。
還有更多的......，K先生要求我不要透露太多关于他如何修造他的燕屋農場。 抱歉所有讀者。 我必須尊敬.K先生的請求。大家有好燕屋!