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Round the year at Meadowbrook: plough, sow, harvest, bale
Dead straight lanes, a combine harvester, a tractor and trailer catching the grain, and gulls following the plough.
Every field goes round the year. Plough the stubble, sow it with the drill, and watch it grow (a shower, a rainbow) until it turns gold. Line up with the field and the tractor locks onto a lane and drives it dead straight; a tidy turn on the headland straight into the next lane earns a bonus that grows with a streak.
At harvest, take the combine in. As the tank fills, the tractor and trailer drive alongside while the auger pours the grain across, then take it off to the silo. Bale the straw the combine leaves behind, and the lorry collects the bales.
Pick the seed on the wheel while you plough: wheat, oats (quick, and lots of straw), sunflowers or lavender (slower, and they sell for more, but no straw). Drive through the fence and it smashes (Grandad Wilf mends it later, with a sigh). Barley, rapeseed, bigger machinery and a second field are all in the shop.
