侯寨公社位于郑州市西南郊,地处丘陵,沟壑纵横,岗沟悬殊,地形破碎,土地高低不平。土质为粉砂土,保肥保水性能差。地下水位埋藏较深,一般在四十米以下。因水沅缺乏,“十年九灾,灾灾是旱”。在农业学大寨运动中,公社党委遵照毛主席提出的农业“八字宪法”,狠抓以改土治水为中心的农田基本建设。经过几年奋战,把原来高低不平的丘陵地改造成了层层梯田。但是水流仍很缺乏,有的地方需用二级、三级甚至是四级从 Houzhai commune is located in the southwestern suburbs of Zhengzhou City, located in the hills, ravines aspect, gutter disparity, the terrain is broken, the land is rugged. Soil is silt soil, fertilizer and water retention performance is poor. Groundwater buried deeper, usually below 40 meters. Due to the lack of water Yuan, “nine decades of disaster, disaster is dry.” In the Dazhai Agricultural Movement, commune party committees followed the “eight-character constitution” of agriculture proposed by Chairman Mao and paid close attention to the farmland infrastructures centered on the improvement of soil and water. After several years of hard work, the original rugged hills transformed into layers of terraces. However, the current is still lacking. In some places, secondary, tertiary and even tertiary levels are required