Animals in Farmville are another fun aspects of the game. In the early stages of the game, the only animal you will have access to is chicken.

When you’ve got yourself up some levels, you will then be able to start raising animals such as cows and sheep. Sometimes I am amazing how the people at Zynga managed to make all the animals look so cute.

If you have not reached a certain level to access the animal you wanted, there is still away you can get your hands on them. To do that, you will need some help from your friends.

If your friends have the animal you wanted in their farm, you can ask for the animal as a gift. Ask them nicely and they may send you some cows and sheep to roam around in your farm.

There are a few animals that you will not be able to have access to in Farmville. A good example is horses. The only way to get horses is to receive them as gifts. Therefore, horses in a farm are considered a prime animal. Take good care of them.

If you are planning to raise animals in your farm, here’s some tip. Animals are not like crops. They cost a lot to raise and yet their product sells for only very little.

Let’s use raising cows as an example. A cow will cost your400 coins to acquire for your farm. The reason you want to have cow is to get the fresh milk.

How much can you sell the milk for? Well, only 6 coins! Doesn’t sound like a good investment, isn’t it?

Cows are meant for long term investment. Every time you do the milking, you don’t have to buy another cow. You have to wait a day or two for the cow to be ready for milking again and you’ll get another 6 coins.

Hence, it will take quite some time to recover your initial investment on animal such as cows. Look at it sort of like your retirement fund. The cows will keep generating 6 coins for the milk you sell.

After some time, you will recoup your investment and the cow will be like a golden goose that keeps on giving and giving milk and yet it will not incur additional cost. Well…until the cow dies of old age though :)

Farmville Facebook Game Guide

Looking for more Farmville gaming tips? If you are, check out the Farmville Secrets e-book by Tony Sanders. Tony is one of the top farmers in Farmville. His manual is filled with tips and strategy how you can advance quickly in the game.

The e-book only cost $27 and you can download immediately. For more information, click on the link below.

==> Click here to visit Farmville Secrets now!

Why do we play Farmville on Facebook? It is a lot of fun but the best of all is showing off your farm to your friends. I guess it is an ego thing :)

Once you get a hand on the harvesting cycle, you will start to build up cash in your bank. With money at hand, this is where the game starts to get really fun. You can now start to explore what other option Farmville has to offer.

The next stage in the game is all about decorating and enhancing the value of your farm. Some are good value for money investment, others, well it is just plain fun!

You have a choice of doing whatever you want to do with your farm. You have total control!

I guess that is one of the reasons why so many people love the game. It gives them a sense of control and the ability to dictate the end outcome.

Now, you have the option to build additional structures such as barn, stable, storage shed etc. For it to have a more homely feel, you can add wooden fences and plant trees around your farm. You can also start to raise barn animals such as cows, ducks, horses etc.

Why do you want to do all these?

Again, to impress your friends when they come to visit! It is like showing off your own masterpiece. Showing them something that you spent time to take care and love. They will be at awe when they see how magnificent your farm has become.

It is a good feeling when your friends ask you for some Farmville game tips so they’ll have a farm as nice as yours.

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1) Farmville Game Guide – 8 Tips To Get The Right Start In Farmville Game

2) Farmville Facebook Tips – The Rate Of Rot?

I have been playing Farmville Facebook game for the last couple of months. I wasn’t into the game at first because I thought playing a simulated life of a farmer is quite silly. But now, I check on my farm multiple times a day.

Can you imagine how big the Farmville online game is?

There’s even a special player’s guide book for it. One of the most popular ones is Farmville Secrets. And yes, I am a Farmville fanatic and I actually bought the book.

Is the Farmville Secrets e-book any good? Well, here’s a quick review about it.

Farmville Secrets Review

Writing a complete review about the manual in one blog post is quite difficult. It will make the post too lengthy. Instead, I’ll start with the first chapter of the e-book.

In the first chapter of Farmville Secrets, it’s all about “Getting Started” in the game. The author of the manual, Tony “T Dub” Sanders (a Farmville fanatic and top farmer) wrote about 8 things a beginner farmer should know. The 8 topics are:

- How big to get

- What to plan

- Harvesting time

- Experience

- Investment return

- Putting it all together

- Keeping track

- Rate of rot

Personally, I think Tony Sanders did a very good job setting the mindset for all new Farmville players. If you want to get ahead fast in the game, you must have the right thinking.

Most players get stuck in the game and do not progress because they do not plan ahead. Even though Farmville is only a game, there are few things from the real world that crossed over into the game. Things such as productivity, efficiency, rate of return, reduce wastage, market timing etc.

So is the Farmville Secret e-book any good? If you want to beat all your friends and become the number farmer in Farmville, it’s worth the investment.

==> Click here to visit Farmville Secrets now!

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1) 3 Farmville Tips – Hoe To Make An Obscene Amount Of Money For Beginners

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Have you ever dream of living the life of a farmer? Most of us have never thought of becoming a farmer when we’re a kid. But now, millions of people around the world are donning a pair of overall and tending to animals and crops. I’m talking about Farmville on Facebook.

If you have not seen the online game yet, you must have been living under a rock or in a very remote area with no internet connection.

Farmville is a fun and a very addictive game. Who would have thought it’ll be so much fun taking care of plants and animal…even thought they are not real. Nonetheless, it takes us momentarily away from the stress of our lives.

I have been playing Farmville for a couple of months now. There is an interesting statement that I’ve learned from the game and it is called “Rate of Rot”!

Sounds pretty awful right?

It’s not that bad actually. The rate of rot is basically understanding how long a particular plant or fruit in Farmville will start to rot.

Why is it important?

Here’s a Farmville tip for all the beginners. You want to reduce wastage early in the game. When you’ve invested in a particular seed and planted them in the grown, you want to make sure you can harvest them and make some money.

When the plants are matured but you forgot to tend to them, it will start to wilt and die. Dead plants have no economic value.

Understanding the rate of rot is quite easy. This is because the window for harvesting any crop is the same as the length of time it takes that crop to grow.

Lets take pumpkins as an example. When you’ve planted pumpkin seeds, it will take 8 hours to mature. The plant will start to rot 8 hours after they’re ready to be harvested.

To have a successful harvest, you have to make sure you will be able to get back to your farm within 16 hours of planting them. If you fail to do so, you will lose your crops and wasted your cash.

Here’s a Farmville strategy you can use. If you think you are unable to check on your farm for the next couple of days, you may want to consider planting crops like artichokes.

Artichokes will take 4 days to mature, and you will have additional 4 days to harvest them before they go bad. Hence, it will give you a grace period of 8 days to tend to your farm.

Are you looking for more Farmville strategy for beginners? If you are, check out the Farmville Secrets e-book. The e-book is filled with tips and strategies on how to get ahead in the game.

If you are looking to become the number farmer in Farmville, click on the link below.

==> Click here to visit Farmville Secrets now!

It’s a lazy Sunday today, and I’ve just checked on my farm in Farmville. Everything seems to be in order. I’ve been thinking back the time I got started playing Farmville about 2 months ago and I’ve gotten quite far ahead.

In the process, I made some minor mistakes and also a few major errors. But it was all fun! If I were to start all over again, I’ll do a few things differently. And that gave me the idea to write this post. I’ll call it the 8 tips on how to get the right start in the Farmville. And here goes…

1) Take baby steps

One mistake that I made early on is to expand way too fast. I will start to plow large plot of land with the plan of planting as much crop as possible. But then I realized I ran out of money. I have not enough money to buy seeds in the bank. The lesson here is to expand one step at a time.

2) Know your plant

When you’re a farmer, it is a good idea to know all of your crops. Different play has different characteristics and benefits. The type of crop you plant will affect how you advance in the game.

3) Harvesting time

One of the benefits of knowing your plant is understanding the harvesting time. Different crop has different harvesting time. Knowing the harvesting time will reduce wastage because of crops failing.

4) Fast experience points

It pays to get experience points fast in Farmville. The key is to get the most experience points out of every plot of land planted. The faster you accumulate experience points, the faster you’ll move up to the next level.

5) Focus on Return On Investment (ROI)

When you are planning to purchase seeds, look for crops with the highest ROI. In the early stages of the game, the crop with the highest ROI is soybean.

6) Accumulate cash quickly

When you have cash in the bank, you can start to expand your farm. For quick cash, the best crop choice is strawberries. Strawberry plants only take 4 hours to mature from the time you planted them.

7) Have a system

In the early stages, it is best to keep your farm in a systematic order. Start by planting in blocks. This means that you’ll have a symmetrical section for each type of crop. It makes it much easier for tracking purposes.

8) Farm checking time

Know the time of your game play. Make sure you have free time to check on your farm when you initiated a large crop project. For example, strawberries will start to wilt after 8 hours. Tend to them within that time frame or the fruits will rot.

There it is. I hope the 8 Farmville tips on top are helpful. If you have any other suggestion, feel free to comment below.