Subsistence Farming (FOTS)

Subsistence Farming (FOTS)
File:Subsistence Farming FOTS.png
Chain	Farming Type
Requires	-
Enables	Buildings: Tenant Fields
Spawned Defence Forces	-
Basic Building Statistics	Cost: 850 +550 to wealth generated by trade in this province
Clan Effects	-
See main article; FotS Buildings

Description

A bowl of rice offers nothing for the future.

Subsistence farms provide a basic agricultural income, and can help industry grow by providing food to the workers.

Relatively small-scale farming will feed the people adequately in most years, but it allows little excess to support a workforce away from the farm. Even in medieval-pattern societies, a reliable food surplus is necessary to support skilled craftsmen, and even warriors. If the surplus fails, then starvation and economic disaster soon follow, as craftsmen move to where they can find food. Peasants, being tied to the land rather than having marketable skills, do not have such an option.

Other Information

In the Campaign, every province has a Soil Quailty which determines the amount of wealth that is generated by farming. As such, any player that wants to strengthen their economy must take control of Provinces with rich soil and invest in upgrading their farms as soon as possible. Provinces with poor soil should only be upgraded if you have plenty of extra gold and need the small bit of extra income to expand and sustain your armies.

Farm Yields without Administrative Training

	Subsistence Farming	Tenant Fields	Commercial Farming	Zaibatsu Fields
Very Fertile	1650 (1100)
Fertile (2x base value)	1100 (550)	1800 (900)	2800 (1400)	3600 (1800)
Average
Meager (1.3x base value)	715 (165)	1170 (270)	1819 (419)
Barren (1x base value)	550	900	1400	1800

Farm Yields with Administrative Training

	Subsistence Farming	Tenant Fields	Commercial Farming	Zaibatsu Fields
Very Fertile
Fertile
Average
Meager
Barren