T illamook headlight , F ebruary 17, lelo.
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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......................
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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
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«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................. ..
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Goodspeed & Lucas
Geo. Williams ................... ..
Brant & Neilson ............... ...
Schild Bros........................... ..
Jonas <)l»on......................... ..
J. Morgan............................. ..
B. H. Hathaway............. ...
J. Hathaway ........................
A. Anderson..................... ...
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Heisel & VonRutz ......... ..
C. Svenson ......................... ..
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.