我市三县一郊总耕地面积309.75万亩,其中丘陵耕地46.24万亩,平原耕地161.44万亩,圩区耕地102.07万亩。机电排灌历史悠久,早在1915年,常州厚生机器制造厂就仿制3～5马力内燃机和木车配用于农业抽水。1924年创建的武进县湖塘乡的蒋湾电灌站,是全国最早的电力抽水站,已有六十年 The total area of ​​cultivated land in the suburbs of three counties is 309.75 million mu, among which 462.4 mu is hilly land, 1.6144 million mu is plain cultivated land, and 102.07 mu is cultivated land in polder areas. Electrical and mechanical irrigation and drainage has a long history. As early as 1915, Changzhou Housheng Machinery Factory used 3 to 5 horsepower internal combustion engines and wooden trucks for agricultural pumping. Jiangwan Electric Irrigation Station, which was founded in Hutang Township of Wujin County in 1924, is the earliest electric pumping station in China. It has been 60 years