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New seed and new crops have in turn been introduced and resistance to certain changes has also been observed, meaning that some practices and customs have stood the test of time down to the present. One example is the traditional weights and measures system, which continues to be used a century and a half later after the decree to replace it with the decimal metrical system. Some rural practices may have survived thanks to their simplicity and efficiency. Whoever uses a hoe to sow or plant a horticultural crop basically continues to do so in the same way as in past centuries. And, to a great extent, this practice will endure as farming specialisation has involved a progressive increase in the size and complexity of the machinery. It is therefore physically impossible to use a tractor when working a minimum surface area, without going into other aspects such as the innermost satisfaction of working directly with the land.

La introducción de la tecnología moderna en el medio rural fue muy lenta en sus inicios y fue poco antes de mediados del siglo XX cuando en la zona estudiada comenzó la “modernización” a mayor escala. En el ámbito mundial ocurrió a partir de la II Guerra Mundial que en los países desarrollados se aplicó la mecanización integral a la producción agrícola.