Dairy Adventure

On my October trip to Illinois I got nephew Jarod a toddler's "John Deere" cup/bowl/plate set for his birthday. Jim and Janet may have been making of sport of me when they gave me the "John Deere North American Farmer" computer game for Christmas. Nevertheless I am enjoying it very much. In fact, I am semi-addicted.

There are a number of farmlife scenarios to choose from, and the first one I chose to play was a dairy farm adventure. I have been saving the game I've been playing under the title "Milk the cows for milk"; a close associate commented, "What else would you milk the cows for? Pleasure?"

One begins the game with a certain amount of spending money available. The first things I purchased were a trailer to live in and a hot tub. Soon my "cousin Jill" came to live with me in the trailer. I noticed that one can track Jill's whereabouts on the farm at any time, follow her movements and activities without her awareness.

After failed attempts to figure out how to milk the cows (and after one had died), I discovered that I had neglected to buy any dairy equipment. I bought some but I am now several hundred thousand dollars in debt and I can't seem to find Jill anywhere on the dairy farm.