The CASCINE represented in our civilization, a small world if 'standing , in which a pulsed intense life , made up of labor and sharing of humanity and simplicity. Are firmly anchored to the land and its history by virtue of the close relationship of mutual dependence between man and nature that is broken with the advent of industrial civilization .
Generally placed in the perimeter of the farm , included the house, those of wage earners , ie the farmers to fixed contract , and those of the workers "seasonal" , weeders and tagliariso .

Except in a few cases the owner's dwelling , the houses were most often made ​​up of poorly cemented and damp walls , floors covered with bricks or tiles . The fireplace was rica - Vato entirely , or nearly so, in the thickness of the wall. Around it , a major source of heat , the family took food , it did housework and spent the day and evening .
The furniture was meager : the ground floor normally a table ( Taul ) , chairs ( I would fall to legn or bone ) , belief ( cardènsa ) , chest ( baul ) ; upstairs a chest of drawers for linens ( Cumo ) , a wardrobe for clothes ( armuàl ), the iron bed ( Litera ) , two nightstands ( cifôn ), the iron sink .
The front of the stalls occupied a good part of the perimeter and built on top of them lined barns, protected from the elements with characteristics graticciate brick staggered. A large space was intended also designed the horse to the stables , to the stables for the horses and the service premises , from which it was almost always made ​​one for the production of cheese . Arose also the arcades for the shelter of agricultural machinery and wood , styes and chicken coops .
In the middle there was a large yard (ERA ) , which is used for threshing and drying of cereals and legumes ginning , while to the side was preparing the compost heap ( Rudera ) .
In the farmhouse lomellina was not difficult to find even a simple small bell that marked the hours by calling the peasants from the fields or announcing the end of the work day .
The silos reinforced concrete , for the storage of grain , fodder and other perishable substances and the drying completed the series of buildings .
Among the most significant figures of those who animated the farm we find the factor ( fatur ) , farm manager , the manzolaio ( mansulè ) , which provided the work related to the care of young cattle ( steers and heifers ) , the familiar ( famei ) , who ran a dairy herd , the yokel ( Burch ) addressed to the Government of the oxen , the carter ( cavalant ) person who drives the horses, in charge of the laborers working in the fields and in certain periods of the year mondariso ( Mundin ), which had the task of eradicating the harmful plants from growing rice .
There was among the inhabitants of the farm a strong sense of solidarity and commitment to work together , to participate in group life.
It was customary , and almost a ritual, lend their cooperation during the pig slaughter , which occurred normally in the months of December or January ; was a collective celebration to take part in the evening with family and friends , at dinner ( purslatada ) , made exclusively from pork.
Sull'aia you were still together , men, women and children, for the spannocchiatura of maize, which took place in late September.
And in the winter months to work still, it was nice to spend time in the warm heat of the stables , or next to the fireplace , talking, praying or listening to stories ( the Cunta ) .