Back in March of 1996, the first year in which land was opened up, the ATM planted the Taichung Hsien # 10 rice strain, and harvested after 120 days. The plump and full rice-grain clusters glistened golden in the sunlight, and production volume was eight metric tons per hectare. It was the most productive rice strain in the entire area.
第一年開墾出的土地，農技團先在一九九六年三月試種台中秈十號水稻品種，一百一十二天後收成，飽滿的稻穗閃耀著金黃色的光澤，產量每公頃八公噸，為該地區最高產的水稻品種。