The women began it, of course, just as they began all the industries of the home. When the men were away on the war path or the hunting trail, the women stayed at home to take care of their children. They probably grew very hungry while they waited in their caves or huts for the hunters to come home, and doubtless they remembered the starving days when the hunters found no game. Therefore it was natural for them to dig in the earth for something to eat to keep themselves and their children alive. And these primitive women with their “digging sticks” marked the beginning of all agriculture.
当然，女人开始了，就像她们开始了家庭的所有产业一样lGgTpMpwxfcq|MGC9。当男人外出去打仗或打猎时，女人留在家里照顾孩子P.e1%+%DY.E。当他们在洞穴或棚屋里等着猎人回家的时候，他们可能变得非常饥饿，毫无疑问，他们还记得那些饥饿的日子，那时猎人找不到猎物Q~H&z*zYj&。因此，他们很自然地在地里挖东西吃，以维持自己和孩子的生命wd],Tt8#.8,1]_%uQ#)R。这些原始的妇女用她们的“挖掘棒”标志着所有农业的开始Pen62X%lJYRXQP。

In time they learned not only to find roots and grains that were good to eat but also to plant seeds and to cultivate corn, wheat, rice, oats, and barley. Then it was natural to crush the hard grains between stones just as today a boy walking in the woods, who finds a nut too hard to crack with his fingers or teeth, hunts up two stones and with them does the trick.
随着时间的推移，他们不仅学会了寻找好吃的根和谷物，还学会了播种和种植玉米、小麦、大米、燕麦和大麦1Xg.%f.V8%7XO=。那时，人们很自然地就会把石头间的坚硬的谷粒碾碎，就像今天一个男孩在树林里散步时，发现一颗很难用手指或牙齿咬碎的坚果，就会去找两块石头，然后用它们来达到目的5LJrQK5A^OfDr^。