County Fair Expansion

"jadonbakes;c-17188521" wrote:
what else would we do with cows but feed them or potentially eat them? I don't know.

Is my previous post not showing?

Cows can be dairy cows, rather than beef cows. Milk them, skim the milk, turn the cream into butter, or ice cream, turn the milk into cheese or yogurt. Make the cows have a use, and not just be pets.

Would planting a field of crops be cutesy and immediately finished like in Farmville? Or would we have to watch our sims put in HOURS of labor into planting, tending and harvesting these crops?

Give the game two options: hand planting, and machine planting. Hand planting could take 12-24 sim hours, and could be spread over 3-4 sim days, or the work shared between multiple sims.
Machine planting would require a tractor, and a seeder, and the field could be planted in 3-6 sim hours, by one sim. But machinery likes to malfunction, so sometimes, they will stop working, and require some maintenance.
This would satisfy those who want a 'ye olde' setting, and those who want modern farming.

Plus how would that work for players with seasons? Growing crops could only work for one to four weeks per simyear. Haha, as you can see I still have a lot of confusion about the generic "farming" concept.

Plant grain crops in late winter/ early spring, harvest in later summer/ early autumn

I think the county fair setting is at least something grounding to center a larger pack around. It satisfies the people who want a rural world, and farm animals. Plus there's some fun things to do.

It would be better to go with the English term: Country Show. It's in the country, and you show off what you grow! Or maybe even Rural Show, cos farms are rural...

But yes, it's not a bad concept. It's a festive event on rural calendars.