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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The one universal food for mankind is milk. Primitive races of western Asia and Europe used it. The more highly civilized and prosperous a nation becomes the more milk it consumes. The U.S. has better than one cow for each of its families.” Cows grazing in field. “Dairy cattle came to this country with America’s early settlers, for there were no cattle native of the New World. Here is a mother with her two daughters of the Ayrshire Family.” Cow with two heifers in fenced field. “Jersey bull.” “Guernsey bull.” “Holstein bull.” “The effort of every breeder is to develop dairy breeds to a point where high milk production will be uniformly inherited. Showing length of muzzle, openness of nostrils and width between the eyes.” Man holding cow, pointing out nostrils and eyes. “Careful note is taken of the firmness and strength of back, length and levelness of rump and depth of fore rib and flank.” Man pointing out above parts of cow. “The spare angular form, carrying no surplus flesh, the extraordinary development of the udder and milk veins typify the dairy cow.” Man pointing out above parts of cow. “At the cow stables each stanchion has a plate bearing the name of the cow occupying it.” Line of cows in stanchions. “Before milking the udders and flanks are wiped with a damp cloth. A hood-pail aids greatly in producing clean milk.” Worker wiping udders and flanks of cow, displaying hood pail, milking cow. “The best record is maintained by carefully weighing and testing the milk of each cow.” Worker weighing pail of milk, marking down weight, taking sample from pail and pouring it into bottle, placing bottle on shelf with others, pouring milk from pail into large milk can. “The separator, which is kept spotlessly clean by washing and drying in the sunlight, skims the milk. The cream and milk to be sold are immediately placed in cold running water to prevent souring.” Man washing parts of separator - separator in operation - boy dipping and drinking milk from can in running water. “Warm skimmed milk may be fed to the calves.” Calves in stalls being given pails of milk. “Before making the trip to the creamery, wet blankets are spread over the cans to keep the temperature down.” Milk cans in back of horse-drawn cart, man throwing blanket over cans, dousing blanket with water. “At the creamery another weight and test are taken.” Workers weighing and testing milk. “The milk is then transferred to vats and pasteurized. The empty cans are washed and sterilized.” Milk pouring into vats - worker washing cans. “In the cities approximately 112 quarts of milk are consumed annually by each individual.” View of bottling plant and machinery in operation. “When making butter, the cream is churned until small granules appear, then the buttermilk is strained off and the butter washed, salted, worked and packed for market.” View of large churn in operation - butter being placed in small wooden containers. “In the country 994 million pounds of butter are made yearly, which is 61 percent of the total output.” Men packaging and placing butter into carton. “Cooling pasteurized cream for making ice cream and drawing the frozen cream into cans.” Cooling unit revolving in vat of cream - partially frozen cream flowing into cans. “Cutting and wrapping into quart size packages.” Worker cutting ice cream, another worker packaging it - worker decorating top of ice cream brick with whipped cream. “Do you know when cows were first domesticated?” Cows lying and standing under trees in pasture - view of baby sitting on lawn crying - baby lying on lawn drinking milk from bottle. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1921]
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