大寨是一个土石山区。过去,水土流失严重,粮食产量很低。目前的大寨,平均每人有2.2亩耕地,去年亩产突破800斤,提前跨过长江。这一年,垒大队除留足种子、饲料以外,每人平均向国家交售粮食817斤、留口粮500斤,还有130多斤的储备粮。一个人的平均耕地,可生产三至四个人的口粮,无论怎样说,都称得起是个大跃进。 Dazhai is a mountainous area. In the past, soil erosion was serious and food production was low. At present, Dazhai has an average of 2.2 mu of cultivated land per person. Last year, its per-mu yield exceeded 800 pounds and crossed the Yangtze River ahead of schedule. This year, the Battalion, apart from keeping enough seeds and feed, sold an average of 817 pounds of grain, 500 pounds of rations and 130 kilos of reserve grain to the country on average. An average man’s land, capable of producing rations of three to four people, is a great leap forward anyway.