This is merely the financial measure of progress; the genuine achievements of McCormick's invention are millions of acres of productive land and a farming population which is without parallel elsewhere for its prosperity, intelligence, manfulness, and general contentment.
这只是进步的财务衡量标准;麦考密克发明的真正成就是数百万英亩的肥沃土地和农业人口,其繁荣、智慧、男子气概和普遍满足感是其他任何地方都无法比拟的。