Does fertilization do anything?

[ledhead]

I've set up a 3 field rotation with 10ish sheep. The fertility listed for the crops after the farrow period don't seem to change.

I may not have enough sheep as the field size ends up being around 50 and i'm about 1/4 that. Does the # of fertilizers vs. the pasture size come into play or does it not work?

[Clovis Sangrail]

I set it up in one game, and I cannot see that it had any effect upon fertility.

But it looked cool to see all those sheep migrating as a herd to a new fallow field at the start of October each year. The little tiny border collies were the best.

But here's the thing -- A .4 to .5 morgen field will hold about 40 sheep. I had 27 fields, with 9 fallow each year. I would have needed almost 400 sheep to cover them all, so even if it had helped fertility, it was pretty undoable.

But it was fun to watch.

(And I was bullshitting about the border collies.)

[Agony_Aunt]

From what I understand its not really worth it. Each sheep only raises fertility a little bit and never beyond max, so you need lots of sheep to make it even worth it. But since you're going to leave a field fallow for a season anyway, and that season will restore the fertility, its simply not worth it.