1.   And as I mentioned earlier, this poor diet begat a population that was ill nourished, thin, sickly, short and incapable of tending the fields.

2.   As long as their labor is needed, the illegals will remain, invisibly tending our fields, busing our tables, making our beds.

3.   A rural people, the Mexican Pimas tend their fields without machinery, hoeing rows by hand or with a plow and ox.

4.   But he still tends the fields and loses himself in country tasks.

5.   But they are the lifeline for thousands of workers who tend the fields, local officials said.

6.   Each has poor farmers who set out early most mornings to tend distant fields.

7.   For the last year he has been unable to tend his field or even walk down the street alone.

8.   In fact, he cannot even tend his fields, less than a mile from the village.

9.   On Saturday, farmers could be seen tending their fields, terraced green plots that step down to a fast-moving river.

10.   She is still able to tend her fields, but she sees her future when she looks at her fellow villagers.