Modern agriculture still follows the seasons, however powerful the machines become. In early spring farmers (11) seeds in fields that have rested all winter, hoping the soil is (12) enough to feed them. If it is not, they add (13), though too much can harm the river nearby. Summer brings weeks of waiting and worrying about rain. Then comes the (14), the busiest month of all, when the whole family works from dawn until dark. Afterwards the grain is dried and stored in the (15) behind the house, and the quiet season begins again for a few short weeks.
A hundred years ago most people in this valley were (16) who owned no land of their own. They worked from sunrise to sunset and lived on the edge of (17), yet the village still held festivals every autumn. Families (18) a few pigs and chickens behind the house, while the older boys took the (19) up the hill each morning. Today only three farms remain, and the young are (20) to stay. The school has closed, but a small museum now tells visitors how the valley once fed a whole town.