This is an interesting verse. God is not talking about an harvest of crops. God is talking about an harvest of new members to save. The fertilizer refers to the Youki-tsutome. When we perform the Youki-tsutome, God helps us bring new members to save by placing illness as guidance to the people we have spread the teaching to. If they understand God’s guidance, they come to our places of worship to heal their illness. The osazuke is performed and they are healed. By understanding God’s teachings, they will then be able to purify their own minds. when the mind is pure, only health and happiness will appear from their own souls. This is the path to world salvation.