Wheat Field

Introduction
Wheat is the basic ingredient for making bread. It is also an important fodder crop used to feed cows which in turn provide hides and meat. Wheat can not be eaten straight from the field (unless you're a cow... mooo!). Wheat must be milled into flour by a Miller before a Baker may bake it into bread.

Wheat fields are in season during Spring (which occurs from March 1 - June 14 every year).

Requirements
Wheat Fields are available to level 1 players and above.

You may chose a Wheat field when initially leveling from level 0 to level 1 in the Level Scribe's Office (Version 2: Viceregal Office) or you may change an existing field to a veggie field at any time [ My Property > My First/Second field ]. Please note that if you change your field you will need to pay 50f and you will lose everything you were working on that field.

It is highly recommended you check with your local Mentor or Mayor to find out what type of field your town needs the most to avoid overproduction. Their recommendation will show when you are with the Level Scribe.

Growing Cycle
The growing cycle of a wheat field is 10 days long.
 * Day 1: Plow
 * Day 2: Sow
 * Days 3-9: Growing
 * Day 10: Harvest

Plowing, sowing, and harvesting is a job which you can hire help to do, or you can work the field yourself. Hiring help costs money. If you hire a peasant, you have a chance to get a worker point. If you end up hiring another player, you will always get a worker point.

If you have the money to hire a worker for the day and decide to do so, you can view the details of the last 10 job contracts under Town Jobs [ Town > Town Jobs ] to help you in selecting a competitive wage for the job. If you choose to work the field yourself, then you will be unable to do any other jobs that day that require a daily action. If no action is taken on these days your crop will not progress.

A bag of wheat must be in your storage [ My Property > My Storage ] to seed your field. This can either be purchased from the town market or kept from a previous cycle. If a bag of wheat is not placed in your storage box prior to seeding (Day 2), your field will not be planted!

A healthy wheat field will yield up to 17 bags during spring and up to 12 all other times of the year depending upon field health. Starting with Version 3, you may also lose part of your crop from animals looking for a tasty treat. Add a Scarecrow to help drive them away by selecting Add Scarecrow (and having one in your storage box). A Scarecrow also gives +1 Opulence.

Selling Your Crop
Successfully harvested crops will appear in your storage box [ My Property > My Storage Box ]. The Wheat can be moved to your Inventory and then placed on the market at your desired price if you are in town.

If you are out of town, you must have a Steward to be able to sell crops on your home market. You can purchase a Steward from the town market. Your steward can sell from your storage box.

Don't forget that you will need 1 bag of wheat for your next cycle!

Quick Reference
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