<s>
SimFarm	B-Application
:	O
SimCity	B-Application
's	O
Country	O
Cousin	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
build	O
and	O
manage	O
a	O
virtual	O
farm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Maxis	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
SimCity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
included	O
a	O
teacher	O
's	O
guide	O
to	O
teaching	O
with	O
SimFarm	B-Application
with	O
blackline	O
masters	O
to	O
be	O
photocopied	O
for	O
the	O
class	O
and	O
a	O
user	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
SimFarm	B-Application
and	O
several	O
other	O
Maxis	O
simulation	O
games	O
were	O
rereleased	O
under	O
the	O
Maxis	O
Collector	O
Series	O
,	O
with	O
greater	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
differing	O
box	O
art	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Classics	O
beneath	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simulating	O
duties	O
on	O
a	O
real	O
farm	O
in	O
the	O
contiguous	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
SimFarm	B-Application
puts	O
players	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
building	O
up	O
the	O
land	O
,	O
placing	O
the	O
buildings	O
,	O
buying	O
and	O
selling	O
livestock	O
and	O
planting	O
crops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
SimCity	B-Application
,	O
there	O
are	O
disasters	O
that	O
can	O
wreak	O
havoc	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
farm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tornadoes	B-Language
,	O
droughts	O
,	O
pests	O
,	O
and	O
dust	B-Application
storms	I-Application
are	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
events	O
that	O
can	O
disrupt	O
farm	O
crops	O
and	O
harvests	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
types	O
of	O
livestock	O
in	O
SimFarm	B-Application
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
have	O
specific	O
food	O
requirements	O
,	O
need	O
water	O
,	O
and	O
breed	O
new	O
livestock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimFarm	B-Application
also	O
has	O
a	O
small	O
town	O
included	O
in	O
its	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
town	O
is	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
SimCity	B-Application
in	O
its	O
form	O
and	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
homestead	O
in	O
SimFarm	B-Application
is	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
lives	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
expanded	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
each	O
game	O
year	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
made	O
enough	O
money	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimFarm	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
choose	O
a	O
location	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
region	O
and	O
climate	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
nine	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
or	O
to	O
design	O
one	O
's	O
own	O
climate	O
by	O
selecting	O
average	O
winds	O
,	O
rainfall	O
,	O
and	O
temperatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Equipment	O
is	O
necessary	O
to	O
maintain	O
your	O
farm	O
and	O
bring	O
your	O
crops	O
to	O
harvest	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minimum	O
equipment	O
required	O
to	O
bring	O
one	O
field	O
to	O
harvest	B-Device
is	O
one	O
tractor	O
,	O
one	O
planter	O
,	O
one	O
plow	O
,	O
one	O
harvester	O
,	O
one	O
truck	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
trailer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crops	O
are	O
the	O
main	O
revenue-raising	O
item	O
in	O
SimFarm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
perfect	O
,	O
but	O
learning	O
how	O
to	O
SimFarm	B-Application
is	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
