[Deanna J. Lloyd]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the update. Always lots of fun new things.

But I must throw in my lot with those who would have increased production of Oak Lumber Piles and Kaolin Clay.

I have 4 trains with the lumber car, plus nine sawmills. I do have two Furniture Factories, two Knitting and Knotting Mills, and two Jewelry Factories, so I do have a somewhat larger than normal demand for Oak Lumber. Right now, I'm only running hammocks since I'm in the negative with them. (Double Luxury Hotels plus the Modern School)

I have two Ceramic Factories and have recently added more Open Pit mines so I think I must have about 14. I've cut back production on just about everything that uses Kaolin Clay, but I doubt I'll catch up anytime soon.

If you take a look at all the products that use Oak Lumber, it's positively frightening! It took me several hours to figure out what to stop producing so I had enough stock on hand to make what I need most. There are far fewer products that use Kaolin Clay, but still I think this is another production level that needs to be evaluated.

Quite simply, please figure out how much Oak Lumber and Kaolin Clay one might need if they owned only one of each facility that uses these products. Then look at what would be a reasonable capacity. Surely you can't expect someone to put an Open Pit mine and a Sawmill on every farm just to keep up with demand. After all, you DO want us to buy these facilities. At least make it possible for us to feed them.

PLEASE?