Farmland

Special Effects
+1 to block.

Strategy
The bonus that farmland gives to your expenditure threshold is very nice. A block of farmland can offset some expensive buildings, and it decreases the cost of your column target as opposed to not having farmland. The only catch about farmland is that it is really only useful when you already have a farmhouse. There are two ways to accomplish this: either have a farmhouse card in your hand fro the beginning, or hope that you get lucky with your purchases. In practice, both of these options have their risks. If you start with a farmhouse you have to take one of your other cards away. And luck with purchases doesn't happen often.