The food has finally parted company with the soil before it is handed over to them: this however might be said with equal truth of the thresher the winnow er the makers of butter and cheese;

粮食在运交他们以前已经最终地和土地断绝了联系；但这一点对打谷者、扬谷者、奶油和奶酪的制作者来说也是同样正确的；