The picture on page 279 shows men using cradle scythes.

第279页的图片显示人们使用摇篮镰刀。

Fifty years went by, and the sons and grandsons of the first McCormick who had settled in the Shenandoah Valley were still harvesting their grain with the cradle scythe.

五十年过去了，第一个定居在谢南多亚山谷的麦考密克的子孙们还在用摇篮镰刀收割他们的粮食。