28—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 1.1968 MILK AS A FOOD The sole function of milk, in nature, is to serve as food, and il is the only food for which there is no fully satisfactory sub stitute. Coupled with the other basic foods . . . vegetables, fruits, eggs. meat. fish, poultry, whole grain or enriched cereal and bread . . . milk is the necessary foundation for health and vital ity. Of the many fine foods produc ed in this country there is no single one that sustains life and promotes growth as milk does. It is considered by scientists to be nature’s most nearly perfect food because it most nearly meets our entire daily food re quiremerts. Man cannot live on milk alone but he could Jive longer and better on milk than any other single item. Barring disease and accidents, our bodies are what they are be cause of the foods we have eat en. We all have definite ideas as to what good health means to us. To girls it means clear skin, shmy hair and lovely appear ance; to boys it means powerful muscles and endurance; to the adult it means freedom from aches and pains and a buoyant spirit throughout the day. To the doctor good health means physi cal and mental soundness. Doctors realize that food_ plays a very important part in health-, and have'determined how very vital milk and dairy products are to our well-being. Most doc tors urge that small growing children use 3 or 4 glasses of milk every day, teenagers at least a quart, adults at least a pirt. THE PROFIT MAKER for • Grazing • Green Chop • Fast Growing • Paiatabiiity • Nutrition A. H. HOFFMAN So-IWC. Tkougktk f<yt... DAIRY FARMERS! • Did you do al! you ccuJd to help •Do you set the example when you promote your industry in the past take your family out for a meal year? and order milk as the beverage? • -;Do you talk milk to consumers? • Do you explain its many nutritional advantages? If you are in doubt about this last item talk our Nutrition Department or our Dairy Specialist. F*®' JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH What- else can we do to help you? Just col) • • # Do you have the feeding program which gives you the best return per dollar spent? MILLER & BUSHONG, Inc ROHRERSTOWN, 717-392-2145 PA.
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