The object of this game is to make money by raising animals and crops.  First, select Custom or Regular game.  Custom allows you to purchase equipment, land, animals and supplies.  In the regular version, these items have already been purchased.

-Choose equipment, animals, structures and supplies through Buy or Rent under the Action menu item.

-Select people to work on your farm through Add People under the Action menu item.

-If an icon does not appear after being set up on the main screen, it may be "hidden" under another icon.  Hold the left mouse button down on each stack of icons to see if additional icons are underneath.

-Fields having a green cross-hatch pattern are for sale or rent and can be selected by right clicking on them.  Hint: Consider renting at first; a million dollars doesn't go as far as it used to.

-To move icons to the Working Icons area, click on the icon and then click on the people, power or implement space in the Working Icons area.  (Double-click to remove icons from this area.)

-To begin farming, click the Start Farming button, then select the fields to be farmed.  If the weather is too cold or wet, you will not be allowed to farm.  Hint:  The game is modeled after typical northern Indiana weather patterns, and the ground is not usually fit until the first of April. Corn can only be planted after April 20, beans two weeks later, and wheat in the fall.

-Icons and fields that are in use for more than a day will have a burgundy color and cannot be used until the date is advanced.

-To advance the date, click on the next day or next week buttons just to the right of the current date.  To advance one day select the left button, for a week the right button.

-For up to the minute information on fields, livestock or equipment right click on them.

-Animals are automatically fed and will starve if the feed runs out.  Remember to purchase feed and to sell animals when they reach market weights and the price is good.

-Crops and equipment can be sold using Sell under the Action menu item.  Land can be sold by right clicking on the field.

For more detailed information, consult the on-line Helps.  

Good luck and good farming.
