Iron Harvest: When Farming Becomes Conquest

Harvesting grass may be simple, but chopping it and storing it in pits is not.

Lax had forged hundreds of Choppers for Roman on this account.

By now, they probably had stored over a million pounds of silage.

In a few days, the grass might take on the taint of autumn, and its nutritional value would decline. While dry grass could also be stored as hay, the effect was not as good as that of silage.

To date, the silage feed’s enormous gap had only been half filled.

The previously planted soybeans, soybean pods, and leaves were also turning yellow, entering their mature phase soon.

Soybeans have a proper harvest period; one cannot harvest too early or too late—it must be done swiftly within a specific timeframe; otherwise, the yield would be affected.

There were far too many impending tasks.

In the past, those calves and horses could help compensate for the shortage of manpower, but since the large-scale production of paper, Roman had significantly increased their learning intensity, leaving no time for the children in the manor to do any work.

The teachers were Hans, Geman, Nillie, and some literate Sea Castle slaves. Sometimes Roman himself would teach them, letting them recognize letters and memorize words on paper.