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T illamook headlight , F ebruary 17, lelo. ___________ n—». TILLAMOOK COUNTY’S FAMOUS CHEESE. 3,500,000 Pounds Manufactured Last Year 1 Valued Tl U bur J wn '» rn. If rf It < ft ll>V tin I» 1 ubliiii; reo ut) «•Y ni - fce tir ill «tn the w th the It I rli tee r lluy I ir» »• IUW«. -tidltlu lied I niltW •1141(1« »«■• ul ok fu • Duke 1U>K «•y» t lull ilyl-« •4ik1 be lH our vitti The year 1909 is a record breaker in the history of the dairy industry of Tillamook County, not only as to the amount of cheese manufactured, but fora superior grade turned out and the climax for high prices for Tillamook County’s famous cheese. Something like 3,500,000 jjounds of cheese was manufactured in this county last year, valued at $.>.81,000, which, considering that the industry is still in its infancy and the small population of the county, is a splendid showing for Tillamook, and speaks columns of praise for the industry and Western grit of the dairymen who have turned this Western County of Oregon in to the leading dairying section of the State. Dairying last year made a big gain over the previous year, for the amount of cheese manufactured jumped from 3,DUO,(MM) pounds to 3,500,000 pound», making a gain of $150,(MX) in twelve months. And as a result of the prevailing high price for cheese throughout the year, anil also in previous years, the dairymen have been en joying a long stretch of prosperity, the result of which is they have been able to pay off their indebtedness and clear up more land and have bank accounts to their credit. The dairymen in Tillamook County are better fixed than the farmers in any other part of Oregon, for the big checks they receive every month for butter fat »how conclusively that there is big money in an ideal dairying section like Tillamook. The best proof of this is the fact that the average price paid for butter fat last year was about 37c., and considering that most of the dairymen raise their own feed, and as there is comparatively but little mill feed used, this gives the dairymen a handsome profit for their industry. It is, however, a record breaker, for it caps the climax for the highest average price in any previous year, and the dairymen are get ting all there is in it. Another thing which wonderfully helped last year was the superior quality and higher grade cheese manufactured and placed on the market from Tillamook County. This did a great deal towards firmly establishing the already high reputation Tillamook clieese attained, so much so that wherever Tilla mook cheese came in competition with Eastern cheese the home product readily sold at a premium on the market. The ex periment last year on the part of the co-operative tissociations in employing and paying an experienced cheese maker (Mr. F. W. Christensen) to supervise the manufacture and grade the cheese at the co-operative factories, was money well spent, for it did more to help raise the grade of Tillamook ehesse than any thing previously attempted in that direction. Yet one of the most important matters, after all, is selling the cheese and getting the top price for it. In this respect the dairymen have reason to rejoice that the confidence they have piuced in those who have handled the business end of it. Mr. Carl Haberlach, who handles more cheese than anyone in Ore gon, and the product of 19 Tillamook cheese factories, ugain proved himself to be a most successful salesman, who handled 2,506,612 pounds of cheese, valued at $388,135.81. Mr. W. T. Dwight, who handies the output from Ray’s factories at Clover dale, also proved himself a good salesman. He handled 474,705 pounds of cheese, valued at $70,490.39. 'Hie output from the Red Clover Creamery Company’s factory went to the Hazel wood Cream Company, anil as the patrons of this factory were half a cent per pound below the other co-operative asso ciations, some of the patrons were not satisfied. Apart from that, the dairymen art* well pleased with the result of last year's business and have no complaints to make. And for a long time now no one has succeeded in getting the best of the dairymen, for they are a little more careful, since they have been fleeced on numerous occasions, not to turn over their products to some strungerto sell who may happen to lie gifted with a lot of jaw bone industry and swindling characteristics, It is pleasing to note that none of the dairymen lost any money by l>eiiig swindled by that class of individuals last year. The two largest factories in the county, the Maple Leaf and The Tillamook Creamery, ran close together. The Tillamook Creamery, it will lie seen from the figures given below, had the largest amount of milk, but Maple Leaf came out at the head of the list for the largest amount of money ever received by one factory on u twelve month'» run in the county. CARL HABERLACH’S REPORT Handles 2,506,612 Pounds of Cheese Valued at ¿386,135.81. Following is n re|M>rt covering some of my work for the sixteen cheese factories and three small dairies for which I act us secretary and »alesmuii. These figures cover the work of the year 1969. Total milk received, 23,416,524 lbs. Total cheese manufactured, 2,566,613 lbs. Total lioxes cheese sold, 37,18ft Total butter fat, 916,598 iba. Amount received for cheese, $380,13581. Average received for cheese was a little over 15.4 cents per lb. »hip ping |M>int Average yield was a little over 16.7 Iba. of cheese |>er lllllb«. of milk Aveinge yield of cheese per 100 lbs. milk was smaller than the pre vious year, but the quality ol the cheese was much tietter. 9.34 Iba. of milk were required on an average to make n lb. of cheese. Average butter fut content of the milk fertile vearwaa .IMH4 percent. •14 jwrcent. Receipt» of milk and value of product ‘ sold " * for the several factories wi re an follow»: — Pounds milk. Groan value. Tillamook Creamerv....... 4. ¿56.444 .... $•11,470 85 Maple Leaf............... ................. 4.21«,X’l 70.1.IX 19 Fairview............... . .............. . . .. 3(M».l«U .... Oft 71«. 44 S Prairie .. . . ............................ I.MI7.27H 31,77X90 Three Rivera..................... 1.7IN.M7 . . 27.936.1» Clover Leaf ............................... 1.537.1.57 20 292.85 tkeau I’ark................................. 1,018, (HI .. 16.401(0 Meds........... ................................ 853. -W 14.285 34 Klwowl ..................... 840.5*1 .... 13, WM (11 K. Heaver......... . . . .................... 57X W U. .M4 'M Pleasant Valley......................... 4.57. («2 7,««;« Alder Vale .............................. MftM4 W. «1145 Netarts . ............ .. .................... ISftSKl .... 3187 41 Jackaon A Sailtig ................... ¿iu..*m .... 3.(117.(11 Miami .......................................... l«9.aHa .... 3291 39 Neliaie nt *........... 1 OOfttMI* 15.529.62 3 «mall Fnctorim...................... ¿IftlIIl* ____ X3U54I Total. Xi.4lft.5M Hat. $;**(. KM Ri a August to Novetiilier. 'Estimated. Taking off 14»c (or making cheese, farmer« would have received c jwr per KU 1(11 Iba milk. milk Thia indudea include» a num numlwrof (», an average $1.4« $1 46 1-4 l4)c lie rot factor- iea at a distance, mime of which have to pay twice the freight Tillinook pays, and ia certainly a fine figure fur milk Hutter fat, 37»»c. Thia ia the milk received fpuu about 375 ¡istnuia. Fnmi estimate» at hand. J .boukl judge that the pnMluction of in TiI 1 m muok (. ouiitv the rant wi« alH»ut X.VMXCUU llx. of a value of nearly $¿411 inkUU The paat year waa the banner year ia thia vwiih . l».tb in production »nd price. Present indication» are to n « h?‘ **T y*"r w,1‘ •• *"Od aa the |»»t One. eapex I |Z .U hr“‘ i hrW «Hi. writing the highest known with the market on fancy triplets 18 cent» Tillamook. IMvd at Tillamook. Oregon, February lath, loin C arl H aiumlacm . at $550,000.00 ! Amount of the Checks Paid to Some of the Dairymen for Six Months M. W. Harrison ............. . E. and A. Marolf............. . Mrs. A. !.. Donaldson .. .. R. Zweifel ......................... . Knight A Hunt................. .. . .. Goodspeed & Lucas Geo. Williams ................... .. Brant & Neilson ............... ... Schild Bros........................... .. Jonas <)l»on......................... .. J. Morgan............................. .. B. H. Hathaway............. ... J. Hathaway ........................ A. Anderson..................... ... ... Heisel & VonRutz ......... .. C. Svenson ......................... .. .. J. Williams......................... .. N G. Boquist..................... .. A. D. Gist............................. .. Getcbell & Daniel»......... .. P. Marolf ............................. P. Norberg ......................... .. Wyss Bro»........................... . . April. $684.76 704.47 472.23 390.29 513.96 277.00 227.40 462.88 308.18 387.56 274,85 493.91 295.53 295.60 317.99 301.30 348.83 305.44 288.12 390.94 392.05 174.74 154.09 35560 41(162 .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. . . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . May. $851.77 826.89 758.36 62.3.54 563.35 44.3.80 389.02 640.50 402.76 536.78 40.3.32 005.14 383.59 346.71 485.59 379.90 437.34 351.32 400.93 445.72 43.5.11 271.25 240.00 328.38 018.85 .. .. .. . . . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. June. $790.79 815. .31 800.48 643.98 525.41 4(11.55 3(11.98 588.14 4.33.09 488.-55 453.02 574.09 374.97 324.90 373.12 376.94 422.75 327.61 438.83 414.54 412.30 362.23 277.95 322.90 570.48 .. .. .. . .. .,. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. July. $762.13 818.74 841.13 618.87 492.30 482.62 410.01 597.42 459.84 462.73 441.34 579.30 407.78 320.41 385.42 398.56 418.68 361.37 541.33 408.07 379.08 370.10 319.90 312.82 521.74 August. .. $728.09 .. 798.61 .. 812.53 .. 020.02 .. 472.07 .. 454.55 .. 353.03 .. .550.67 .. 449.41 .. 430.57 .. 441.43 .. 561.66 .. 426.18 .. 314.43 .. 394.60 .. 398.92 .. 399.85 . . 362.62 .. 523.72 .. 395.29 .. 404.46 .. 332.46 .. 336.55 .. 299.37 .. 512.71 Sept. . $560.22 . . 608.44 . . 727.52 . . 493 69 . . 399.32 . 358.6» . . 340.62 . . 473.18 . 01. IS .. .. . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 370.85 385.94 350.90 231.81 288.24 341.58 338.18 33345 356.27 473.61 34X71 306.57 324.12 324.00 280.67 466.88 Resources : Supplies on hand, $515.00; due association from mer chants for cheese, and December cheese still on hand, $2,680.43- cash in bank, $382.31 ; factory, $2,800; other resources, total re sources, $6,377.74. Liabilities are 12 shares of stock outstanding (per value), $1,200.00; due patrons for December milk, $¿,019,14 ; total, $3,229.14. Resources exceed liabilites in the sum of $3,158.00. The sum of $220.08 was paid to Tillamook County Creamery Asso- ciation for inspecting cheese, being 1-10 cents per lb. for the cheese made during the month of March to July, both inclusive. The quality of Tillamook cheese has been iniidi better the past season than the year before, resulting in bringing the dairymen many times the cost of inspection in the increased value of cheese. It would certainly be taking a step backward ‘ for the dairymen if they discontinue the practice of inspecting the cheese, whereby cheese can be sold for iti quality. There are no stocks of cheese in this county at thia time and every-! thing seems bright for good priced and a fair market the coining sea son. By paying strick attention to] quality, we have been enabled t«{ market a considerable part of the output of cheese of thia county inj markets which were formerly barej of Tillamook cheese, namely, to] l^ewiston, Spokane, San Diego andi Loe Angeles. To the latter city we] shipped the past season from thia ind other factories a total of 6,3041 boxes of cheese, enough to help the Oregon and Washington markets materially. Respectfully submitted, C arl H aberlach , Sec. 79; supplies on hand on January 1st, $458.35; 1910 expense accounts, $67 .10; other resources, $481.77. Total resources, $6,239.98. Liabilities: Capital stock, $1,150.- era took greater pains in getting Oft other liabilities, $4.13. Total the quality as well as the appear liabilities, $1,154.13. ance up to higher standard. I I would suggest that at thia time know Maple Leaf Creamery would a delegate be selected to represent make a mistake in deciding against the Tillamook Creamery at the and from having sessions of the Tillamook County To the stockholders of Maple I.eat , inspection, The in Creamery Association, Tilla sold the output of your factory from Creamery Association. its start, and much the largest part spection of Tillamook cheese has mook, Oregon. of Tillamook's cheese the past sea had a good influence on the quality G entlemen ,—Following is my re son, no one should be in a better of all the cheese produced at the port as secretary for your as»ociu- position to judge of thia than the factories tielonging to the associa- To the Stockholders of South! tion for the year 1909. writer. tion, the cheesemaker without ex Prairie Creamery Co., Tillamook' Amount of milk received for the At thin writing cheese is the high ception taking greater pains with Oregon. year was 4,216,321 lb». This is a gain est in price ever known, and with a their product, and they were G entlemen , — Following is my over the previous year of 596,827 good article that the people want, also more careful in the quality of report as secretary for your com lb»., or nearly 17 percent. Receipt» it looks as though the coming year the milk delivered. pany for 1909. for month» were: January, 36,230! would be better even than the past Respectfully submitted, Amount of milk received at the1 lb».; February, 42,188 lbs.; March, one. C arl H aberlach , Sec. factory for the year was 1,897,276 lbs j 159.828 lb».; April. 433,453 lb».; May, Respectfully submitted, Monthly' receipts were, January, 625.470 lb».; June, 638,137 lbs.; July, C arl H aberlach , Sec. 21,645 lbs; February, 13,162 lbs; 617,222 lb».; August, 562,191 lbs.; March, 46,662 lbs; April, 187,230 1b«;! September, 442,094 lb».; October, May, 287,707 lbs; June, 313,G31 lbs; 388,182 lbs.; November, 202,252 lbs.; December, 94,075 lb«. July. 298,469 lbs; August, 262,470»*; To the stockholders of the Fairview Amount of butter fat in milk. September,205,728 lbs; October, 15L- Dairy Association, Tillamook, 536 lbs; November, 76,777 lbs; ~ De 155034 lbs. Oregon. Average ¡ ht cent butter fat .10914. cember, 32,259 lbs. GENTLEMEN, — Following is my Amount of cheese manufactured Amount of butter fat in milk wai re|K>rt a» secretary of your associ- 74,281 lbs. and »old, 453,545 lbs. tion for the past year. Average yield wiu 10.76 lbs. of Average butter fat in milk wi Amount of milk received for the .03915 per cent cheese per 100 Iba. milk. i year was, 3,688,901 lbs., divided aa 5276 l>oxe» clieeae manfactured. 206,626 lbs. cheese manufactured To the stockholders of the Tilla- follows: January, 30,722 lbs.; Feb Amount received lor the year's iiHKtk Creamery, Tillamook, Ore. ruary. 19,111 lbs.; March, 146,022 lbs.; and sold. 2,955 boxes made. cheese, $70,152.49. 10.89 lbs. cheese were made on ai G entlemen ,—Followingis my re April, 3M5.8O5lbs.; May, 517,170 1b».; Average price received was 1546 port as secretary of your company June, 551,131 lbs.; July, 546,050 lb».; average per 100 lbs. of milk. cents per lb. cheese. Cheese sold for$31,772.90 l I for the year 1909: August, 500,360 lt>s.; September, The aMsociation received $7,942.29 Average price received for cheese 4,256,444 Ils. of milk were received 407,087 lbs.; October. 310,158 lbs.; for making cheese for the year, was 15.37 cents per lb. to.b. dock during the year, the monthly re November, 185,368 lbs.; and Decem charging 1% cents per lb. chee»e j ceipts having l>een aa follows: Janu ber, 109,967 lbs. Thia is an increase Tillamook. for making. Factory received for making cheese ary, 64.237 lbs.; February, 50,826 of 934,293 lbs. over the preceeding Patrons were paid $62,237.26 for the sum of $3209.70, being 1J^ cent» lbs.; March. 146,167 lbs.; April, 424.-' year. milk average $1.46 6-11' per 100 lb», per lb. cheese made except during 621 lbs.; May. 626,311 lbs. June. 661,- Hutter fat in milk, 145,923 lbs., the month of September, when noth milk. 459 11».; July. 615,478 lbs.; August, being an average of 3.995 Iba. of Hutter fat price» paid for the ing was charged for making. 567,111 lbs.; September, 447,066 Iba.; butter fat per 100 lb», of milk. year were 34 cents for January, 37 Patrons were paid $28,539.13, or os October. 348.911 lbs.; November, Amount of cheese manufactured, cents for February, 381« centa for 188,824 lbs.; and December. 85,543 398.207 lbs. This makes an average an average of a little over $1.50 per March. 40 cents for April, 38 centa 100 lbs. for milk, but if a charge had lb». yield of 10.66 lbs. of cheese per 100 for May, 352 cent» for June, 355 450,679 lb», of cheese were manu- Iba. of milk. On an average 9.38 been made for making September cent» for July, 37.5 cent» for Aug cheese the average price for the yeas j factured and sold. lbs. ot milk were required to make would have been $1.43 4-10 cents pea ust. M2 cents for September, 39.2 0308 boxes of cheese manufac- a |x>und of cheese. for tk’totier, 41.Scents for November, 100 lbs. j ttired and sold. No. of lioxes of cheese manu and 40 cents for Decemlier. Patrons were paid for butter fal Average yield was 10.59 lbs. of factured, 5,565. The expenses for the paat year as follows: 33.7 cents for January. I cheese per 100 lbs. milk. were $trj>7.<»l. Amount cheese was sold for. 35\|Cents for Feb., 4ft2ctsfor MarchJ Improvements paid for aliout the | Average price received for cheese estimating, a small quantity of 41 cents for Aprji, 39 cents for May] ' was 15415 cents. December still in the factory. factory up to thia date total $KV7,8ll. 3ft 5 Ct» for June, 36.2 eta for July, 37.1 Amount of butter fat in milk, $85 702.44. Resources and liabiltiea of the cents for August. 42.5 cents for Sept- 165,422 11». association are an follows: Average price received |>er pound ember < no charge), 36 cents for Octoj Average butter fat in miik, 0388« Resources: Building and ground, of cheese for the year, 1543c. per ber, 40 cents for November, an« per cent. pound. $4,127.88; due association for De 4ft 4 cents for December. Patrons were paid $61.541.38 for cember cheese. $428.34; bills re Amount paid patrons, estimating - Resources and liabilities of thd butter fat for the year. eeiveable, $25 ill; cash with December payment. $53,882.05 factory at present are as follows:] Factory received for making the treasurer, $1.488.25; other resources, Average price paid patrona 100 Factory building and ground] year ’ s cheese the num of $7,«685 $979.05; Clover Lanf, $14.60; total re Iba. milk, $1 4ft , a $1501) Oft due company for cheese] being 1% cents per lb. cheese sources. $7,(IM 15 Factory received for making from merchanta.$21ft08, supplies <>J Liabilities are the capital stock manufactured. cheese, estimating. ____ hand. $248.26. 1910 expense account! December, Patrons were paid the following outstanding. $730 and $11.5H $5881.09; the price of cents being $14081. Renourcea exceed liabilities in the prices for butter fat: January.Xicto.; charged for making a pound of Total resource*. $2,116.68. February, 34»» cento: March. 37 cheese. sum of $530563, Liabilities. Capital stock. $1,300-603 The sum of $2Nk57 waa (>aid the centa, April, 40 cento. May, 37cents; Patrons have been paid for but overdraft, 98c. Tillamook County Creamery Asso June, 34.« centa; July, 38 cents; ter fat aa follows: January. 344» $120.08 was paid the Tillamom ciation for <ns|>ecting last season's August. 38 centa; Sept., 37 cento; cents; February 37 cents; March. County Creamery Association fed ¡October, Mt rente; November, «) cheese. Thia amounts to prncti-! 37.3 cento; April. 38(4 cento; May. inspecting cheese the past seasoal cally 1-20 cent» per lb. for the year’s cents, and December. 40 4 cento. 37 cento ; June. 3B cento; July, 36 I would suggest that you appoi«d cheese and ha» helped the pete» of j The expense» for the pact year cento; August. 37 cento; September. s wneone to attend the first session*! were $517X04. all cheese made in Tillamook Coun »W cento; October, $7.1 cento; of the association, at which toa*l The resources and liabiltiea at ty the |>ast year, whether it waa November, 38 cents. the Directors will be elected. Tkn impacted or not. becanse we hare ! present are aa follows. The expenses for the ¡>a»t year association has done good wndl Iwen able to ship cheese to far off I Cush with treasurer. $2.19ft M; have been $5707.11. the peat season in raising the q’t*'l markets, and they have to <le|*eml, due from merchants for cheese, Resources and liabilities of the ityof Tillamook cheese and hs’l $91511; factory and ground. $¿.525, largely upon the guarantee of tviiq. association arc as follow». hel|>ed materially in raising ’M MAPLE LEAF I one as to the stock being good. ; There is no question but that the j inspection has liel(>ed the quality of cheese in every factory where the Banner ViAt-oeir ractory fzv«- iorljnspection waacarrii(ion, tnemak- Biggest Amount of Money. South Prairie Crea- mery Company, Fairview Dairy As sociation. THE TILLAMOOK Banner Factory for Largest Amount of Milk.