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mounted on the backs of the animal, which gave the farmer a good and well deserved
rest. Having the cows do the carrying did not allow for this.
Grazing of cattle. 70s
Photo provided by Federico Varona
One participant told me: “Without animals, agriculture could not be done.
Without animals, nothing could be done. Not a single step could be taken without the
animals, not one single step. Here, tilling was done with cows, mules or oxen until the
coming of the tractors in 1956.” The first tractor was a Lanz 38 cylinders and the start of
petroleum was done by Santos Arroyo. Then came the tractor with a thresher which
belonged to Josemari Queved, and also the first harvester in Ciadoncha and the seventh
one in all of Spain belonged to Nice Madrigal.
Photo exposed in the City Hall of Ciadoncha.
Each family had animals which they worked with. Besides this, there were two
herds of cows, calves, mares, mules, horses or fillies that a shepherd cared for. These
were many people’s animals that they had in the case that something happened to the
animals that were used for work. Moreover, there were at least ten or twelve flocks of
sheep, each with its own shepherd and farmyard. In those times, there was a lot of
movement in the town.
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