"Milking cows by machinery at the world's finest dairy farm in San Joaquin Valley, California. The cheese and condensed milk produced here are shipped in large quantities to France to feed millions of soldiers. This aid has been instrumental in forcing the German and Austrian armies to retreat, but at the cost of considerable sacrifices in men and supplies. Photograph taken by Reed on March 28, 1919. Military subject number: 45832 "

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