Miracle Of Milk (1939)

[Music] this is the round ball you and I live on this is our planet as it is now and up its laws long ago in the great beginning of time its lifeless wrinkled skin takes many forms this we call rock this week all water this is Sam and this is soil rocks water sand and soil the dead trucks of man's earth yet from this dead trust comes life yes all growing freezing things are merely different combinations of basic mineral elements and the life process is kept going only by conversion of these earth elements into nourishment nourishment for the vegetable world as it feeds directly consuming important calcium phosphates iron through an elaborate system of roots and leaves nourishment for the animal world feeding indirectly the difference or plant-eating animals absorbing their essential foods after the vegetable world has taken them from the earth carnivorous or meat-eating animals obtaining their nourishment after earth minerals are passed to another stage become flesh man is an omnivorous animal man can absorb his natural nourishment from the earth crust in either home man can eat meat man can eat fruit some green leaves seeds berries and fruit and one very special item abounding in most of the elements of which life itself is composed fresh milk fresh milk limited to and characteristic of mammals produced for one purpose only to supply complete nourishment has since the days before history been a staple in man's diet is well-nigh perfect food early man was a hunter who killed to live early man followed a loosely organized tribal existence milk brought him out of the caves down from the cliffs into a more ordered society where domesticated herds were always close of hand a food supply kept under control and as men brought more abundant pastures for his precious goats sheep and cattle inscribed the first pages of recorded history with sagas of great migrations the Old Testament refers many times to a comet lam flowing with milk and honey thus milk helped shape the course of civilization [Music] museums preserve evidence of high regard for cattle in ancient Babylon and Greece sometimes the bull was considered divine sometimes he was offered to the gods as a treasured possession no Egyptian pharaoh was laid to rest without necessities he would require in the world beyond symbolic miniature cars were commonplace in every tomb in classic Rome at the time of the Caesars many an aristocrats in her bath believed that milk applied externally brought health and beauty even in those days it was perceived that milk health and beauty somehow went together today American women use milk for health and beauty but they know how and why they know that a clear skin sound white teeth attractive hairs lovely nails are impossible without enough calcium and of all foods milk is the richest source of calcium [Music] and as for slenderness we'll just ask any Hollywood actors how she keeps her figure in India for centuries the cow has been considered sacred candid with reverent care treated with utmost respect and modern America has her sacred cows Laura pampered given more lavish attention than any sacred College India elaborate machinery of the 20th century America's way of showing respect for milk science applied to the instinctive practices of eras long past solicitude and care based not on blind instinct but upon knowledge here there is more than age-old respect for the cow here there is intelligent reverence for sanitation and cleanliness [Music] the or a man's most nearly perfect food must be kept free of contamination from the source to the table yes contemporary research has proved what the ancients believed that nature's own food is most nearly perfect for men and the intuitive ritual of yesterday is strikingly paralleled by the hygienic procedure of today [Music] though steel is big far-flung though creatures tremendous extensive the automobiles are impressive ranked high dariing is equally potent with billions of dollars invested in farms and equipment with more billions invested in flooded cattle the dairy industry does a three and a half billion dollar business a year in the USA now there are 25 million cows representing many famous breathe 25 million cows one for every five persons a large Bodeen population while milk comprises one-quarter of the National Diet authorities agree that if we were all to drink as much milk as we should America would have not 25 but 40 million cows producing natural food in a living laboratory food for all mammals young and old designed by nature primarily for nourishment of the young milk is more easily digested than any other food yet here is no drink in the world of sport milk is standard equipment high in energy tissue and bone building elements milk is basic in the diet of every athlete but even more than the athlete the average person requires Mills to build up resistance rich in the vitamin that many staple foods lack vitamin A which counteracts in section maintains general body tone milk is one of the most important protective foods and as nature originally intended milk today is one of the most economical foods housewives everywhere have learned that in a great state such as New York many carefully planned factors make this possible organized production beginning in the country receiving Depot's at strategic points efficient flavor and time-saving devices every step along the way carefully supervised by states and local health agencies and the dairy industry itself maintain complete laboratories where highly trained technicians examine test maintain purity the calories and vitamins are present in full force is shown by frequent internal testing of butterfat content with efficiency cleanliness constantly equipment is dismantled washed sterilized streamline transportation in the marketing of milk every second counts bright gleaming pipes lead into a gleaming Brice bottling plant inside a steady flow of milk runs down to heating units passes into intricate carefully controlled pasteurizing operators sparkling containers scrupulously scrub and now bathed in ultraviolet rays there's no waste of minute out of milk [Music] these are important reasons why milk quality is outstanding in the state of New York here pure and rich in the vital elements of which life itself is composed here is an unacceptable but complete source of health and vigor for every citizen of the state fresh milk nature's greatest food [Music]