Without this machinery, however, our Western farmers could never have harvested the gigantic crops which not only fed our soldiers but laid the basis of our economic prosperity.

然而，如果没有这种机器， 我们的西方农民永远不可能收获巨大的庄稼， 这些庄稼不仅可以养活我们的士兵， 还可以为我们的经济繁荣奠定基础。