Talk:Crop Rotation/@comment-201.141.45.189-20181106180435/@comment-2605:E000:CA89:AE00:5DEE:560D:FAA5:3C98-20200121221003

Well, technically it does and it doesn't free a villager and does increase collection rate, albeit indirectly. Because you're farms don't need to be reseeded as often, you're spending way less wood on them, which means technically you are freeing up some lumberjacks, or by keeping them there you are collecting faster because you could potentially make more farms with the extra wood. So the actual collection rate numbers don't change, but because you are spending less wood overall due them not expiring faster, you are actually collecting faster. In other words, you're not really gathering faster, you're just spending a lot less, so in a way, you're collection rate for food is higher, if you devote that extra wood to more farms.