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Million pounds a day
Catalogue reference: SR MMB PH6/22
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This record is a file about the Million pounds a day dating from Undated [1960-1969].
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SR MMB PH6/22
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Title (The name of the record)
- Million pounds a day
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Date (When the record was created)
- Undated [1960-1969]
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Description (What the record is about)
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History of milk production - the development of dairy farming into a million pound a day industry.
History of milk business:
Establishing shot of cow grazing in field.
Richard Todd, straight to camera, captioned as 'actor and farmer'; Dairy farming as a million pound a day industry
Engravings and images from 1800. Non-machine. Milk yields small and unclean. Very little fresh milk available.
1793 - Arthur Young, Board of Agriculture
1838 - English Agricultural Society; held show at Oxford. Thomas bates took cattle to show on foot (took 5 days), and on boat to London (7 days), then barge to Aylesbury (2 days walk). Large show ground, banquet. Thomas Bates won first prize (painting in hall of R.A.S.)
Cows often walked to town to be milked
Windsor - model dairy built by Prince Albert
Railways - brought cows into cities
1865 - cattle plague in London
Trains took milk to London
Steam ships; off-loading cheap imported products;
Scientific processes of pasteurisation delayed souring. Milking machines in use 1900.
Old milking machines
1912 - Research Institute as part of Reading University - practical suggestions on hygiene for healthy milk and cows.
Rail tankers since 1927
Farms still very small.
1933 - MMB set up to help farmers sell their milk
MMB offices
Types of cattle
Cattle breeding centres
20% of milk into dairy products
80% of milk sold as liquid milk
Labs, bulk tanks, bottles etc. How all kept clean. Doorstep delivery; vending machines.
Modern creamery; e.g. condensed milk
Butter creameries - large modern churns. Huge roll of butter. Buttermilk powder sold as livestock feed. Powdered milk.
Cheese creameries - cheddar cheese making. Interview with cheese taster.
National Institute for Research in Dairying at Shinfield. Interview with Professor Basket (??) at NIRD.
Commissioner: National Milk Publicity Council
Director: Graham, Sean
Producer: Bradford, Peter
Film Company: A Worldwide Film
Further credits: Todd, Richard (actor)
Stevens, Arthur (editor)
Approx Length: 00:15:00
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of English Rural Life
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4c874d6c-371b-434c-962b-c57b0831ab44/
Series information
SR MMB PH
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Million pounds a day