I recently did an experiment involving 10 flat fields and 10 sloped fields, and there was no difference is growing time, frequency of opportunities to rake, or yield. If anyone else can confirm this, we should remove the bold wording to the contrary in the article. --[[User:Arcas|Arcas]] 04:44, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
: I can confirm this. My farm has about 90 tiles flat and right next to it many more with an 8 EW and 0 NS slope. No difference exists between the flat and sloped. [[User:Joedobo|Joedobo]] 08:31, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
The "compound slope" of 8 idea is accurate except that I found that I could sow on a tile with one corner raised by 5 dirts. Otherwise max(NorthSouthSlopes) + max(EastWestSlopes) = 8. Was this changed, does it increase with skill, or is this a weird exception? My farming skill is 42. --[[User:Arcas|Arcas]] 03:09, 1 October 2010 (UTC)