Tillamook Headlight. I February 20. 1P12-
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Tillamook’s Famous Cheese !
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Three and a. Hedí Million Pounds Manufactured
Last Year VALUED at $550,000
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The dairymen had another successful and highly
cantable biiHineHR last year with another bumber out
at of’over 3,500,000 pounds of Tillamook’s Famous
heese manufactured and every pound of it found a
•Ly market at top prices, which sold for $5;>0,()00.
. aitput last year was about the same as the previous
year, but with the opening up of the country now that
i the railroad is complete and in operation, much of the
uncleared land—there are thousands of acres of it—will
be turned into valuable dairy farms by new settlers. It
is safe to say that in a few years Tillamook County will
^manufacture$1,000,(MX) worth of cheese annually and all
of it will find a ready market, for Tillamook cheese has
obtained a remarkably wide and high reputation. To
give some idea how profitable the industry is mi this
county, the average price paid last year for 100 pounds of
milk was about $1.30 and from 35c. to 36c. per pound
for butter fat, many of the dairy herds making $100 per
cow in one season for their owners. As most of the
dairymen raise their own feed, they do not have to buy
mill or other feed. There are about 30 large cheese
factories in the county, a large proportion of which are
located in the center of the county. The next largest
numtier of cheese factories are to be found in tlie rich
and fertile Nestucca Valleys, where about one third of
the cheese is manufactured, and which is capable of
Ttoubling that amount of cheese as soon as the large
dairy farms are divided up. It is in the Nestucca Val­
ley where Mr. Charles Ray operates several factories
and turns out a superior quality of cheese. Nehalem
is gradually pushing ahead in the dairy industry, and it
will not be many years before the cheese factories in the
north part of the county will be multiplied, for there is
much uncleared land in that section admirably adapted
for dairying.
The natural grasses, the cool summer breezes blow­
ing from the Pacific ocean, the mountain streams which
flow through its valleys, the salty atmosphere, the never
failing rains—all these combine to make this county the
“Dairyman’s Paradise,’’ for, no matter how cold and
severe in winter or dry and hot in summer the weather
may be in other parts of the Northwest, meadows keep
green the year round in Tillamook County, affording
an abundance of green feed for the dairy herds even
through tin* Hummer months, for there is but slight var­
iation in the temperature in summer and winter. It is
owing to these climatic conditions that it is possible to
produce in this county cheese of better quality, finer
flavor and better keeping qualities than in almost any
other portion of the United States.
Other important features which have helped to
make dairying successful and profitable are the fact
that a crop failure is unknown in Tillamook County,
and that blizzards, cyclones, zero weather, droughts
and intense heat are also unknown here.
the cheese-maker, if he happens to
have a
Cheese
a little
1,0«^.
*• . few
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-— that
—- - are
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----- same
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- cases
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—*1>
off, is to mix
good"Cheese, hoping that the poor
vill pass without being de-
Cheese will
In fact we would
not feel
tected. I«»
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justified in paying as much for
Cheese that has not been inspected,
as we would if carefully inspected
by an expert cheese-maker, disinter­
ested in the product except in so
To the Tillamook County Creamery Association :
far as to see that only a first-class
I submit the following report of cheese inspected for the year 1911. article is sent out from Tillamook.
We think any factory discontinuing
Flats. Y.A.
Triplets.
inspection will make a mistake.
State corporation tax, $10.00 ; outlay account con vention $20.50 ; banner
for convention. $3.50; balance in treasury, $206.47 ; total, $1.624.97.
There is also due the association for balance of 1911.
»2.
We have received numerous letters attesting to the improved quality
of Tillamook cheese since taking up the inspecting and grading ot 1111a-
mook cheese. We find that the trade appreciates the matter of umlor
quality- Last season the inspected cheese was practically 93 per cent of
the cheese sold by me.
K e 8 pe C‘ ca L’H aberl À ch , Secretary.
Maple Leaf Vreamery. .'.........
The Tillamook Creamery...
Fairview Dairy Association
South Prairie Creamery........
Three Rivers Creamery.........
Clover Leaf Creamery.............
Long Prairie Creamery ........
Elwood Creamery.............. ...
Cold Springs Cheese Co........
Central Co-op. Creamery. ..
East Beaver Cheese Co.........
Pleasant Valley Creamery
Total
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192
0
9 .. 224
ó .. 329
376
0
311
0
.
326
0
82
0
591
0
60
0
38
0
1,168
4
0 . 1,065
6
4,762
. .
.
18,396
17,228
15,489
9,438
8,828
7,581
5,420
4,995
4,634
2,891
2,476
1,373
98,749
The above figures show on increase, equal to 8,250 triplets over
the 1910.
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Of the cheese inspected, 77 Y. A. and 971 triplets were of poor quality,
which is over a fourth less than the preceding year. Considering the
unfavorable weather for making cheese during July and August, I
consider the showing good.
About half the loss in quality was caused by the milk being in bad
condition and some of it is traceable to second day milk which also
effects the yield.
The practice of delivering second day milk is regulated at most of
the factories and those where it is allowed would profit by doing likewise.
It is gratifying to note the improvements being made at several
different factories, which afford better facilities for making and curing
the cheese.
Respectfully.
F. W. C hristensen , Inspector.
Excellent, says Los Angeles.
‘‘This also reminds us that in our
three years’ dealings with you, you
have never lost a dollar on the Los
Angeles trade, which is not a bad
record.
We presume that you have noth­
ing at all to offer at present or you
would have been sending us down
a few cases. Would like to know
how your pastures look and when
you think you will begin to make
cheese in sufficient quanities to
furnish us with a few small ship­
ments. Loe Angeles is going to
run very short on Oregon cheese
before the 1st of April, and we hope
you will have something for us to
offer in the early part of March, if
possible. In this connection, we
want to say that the quality of your
cheese during the past season has
been excellent, which, we presume,
is due, in a large measure, to the
careful inspection that we under­
stand is made in Tillamook county
factories. We think that plan is,
beyond question, most wise and
beneficial in building up a per­
manent reputation for your goods.
This is so because it tends to make
all factories careful in their manu­
facturing and any goods that are
not up to the standard should not
be sold as fitet-class goods.
This
is the way they do in Wisconsin
p.nd New York and your Tillamook
county goods come in direct com­
petition with these states. We hope
the inspection will continue and be
enforced, and that even a still better
quality of goods may be shown the
coming season. Tillamook county
goods have a fine reputation in
this section, and we hope that you
and your factories will do all in
your power to keep up the record
and improve on it if possible. ”
just to show what quality means
to us.
When we have established our
reputation on quality and shown
the trade we can maintain it. we
can get the price alright whereas
on an article that just passes mus­
ter, the other fellow puts the price
on.
You certainly have greatly im­
proved the quality of the product
in this last couple of years and the
trade appreciates your efforts.
Now, if we can keep on with that
idea ever foremost in our minds,
we would have an article second to
none and we won’t have to take a
back seat for anybody.”
THE
CO-OPERATIVE
FACTORIES.
Maple Leaf Creamery
Had 4,073,360 Pounds of
Milk—The Tillamook
Creamery 3,937,717
Pounds-Fairview
3,440,560 lbs.
Below we Rive a few of the co­
operative factory reports :
Maple Leaf Creamery Ass’n.
Factory received during the year
4,073,360 lbs. of milk. Receipts for
the several months were as follows:
January, 60,927 lbs.; February, 60,388
lbs.; March, 207,497 lbs.; April, 420,-
895 lbs.; May, 592,001 lbs. ; June, 628,-
551 lbs.; July, 607,416 lbs.; August,
482,371 lbs. ; September, 391,767 lbs.;
October, 331,321 lbs.; November, 189,-
713 lbs., and December, 100,513 lbs.
Milk contained 158,359 lbs. of butter
fat or an average of 3.888 per cent. fat.
441,420 lbs. of cheese manufactured,
and sold for $60,624.45.
Following is a report covering some of my work for eighteen
Average price received for cheese,
factories for which I acted as secretary during the year 1911 :
13.74c. Tillamook.
Total milk received, 24,131,802 lbs.
10.84 lbs. of cheese were made on an
Total cheese manufactured,
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. 2,619,229
,
, “ * lbs.
average per 100 lbs. milk.
Total boxes cheese sold, 36,691.
2.79 lbs. of cheese were made per lb.
Total butter fat, 932,852 lbs.
Amount received for cheese, $358,206.29.
Depending on Good Grade. butter fat.
Average received for cheese, 13.676 cents per lb
Factory received lfc. per lb. fa?
Average yield, 10.85 lbs. of cheese per 100 lbs. milk.
“ We have been told several times
Average of 2.81 lbs of cheese made per lb. of butter fat.
of late that some Of the Tillamook making cheese, a total of $7,724.85.
Average butter fat in milk 3.865 per cent.
Cheese factories are trying to dis
Expenses for the year were $6,998.30.
Receipts of milk and value of product and lbs. of cheese for the card the office of the Cheese In­ Factory paid one dividend of 10 per
several factories are aa follow«:
spector. We are surprised to hear
such news, and it certainly does cent, on stock, $67.50, and one of 2
not look as if the Tillamook farmers cents per 100 lb. of milk delivered by
Pounds
Pounds
Nfime of Factory.
of
are going to keep in step with the stockholders during 1910, $569.14.
of
Amount.
Milk.
forward movements of our great
Cheese.
Resources and liabilities of the asso­
state of Oregon.
Tillamook Creamery ............. . 3,937,717 .. 436,485 . $59,638.53
Such a step we would greatly re­ ciation are as follows:
Resources: Cash in bank, $678.57;
Maple Leaf Creamery ..........
4,073,360 .. 441.420 .
gret, for we have found that the
60,624.45
Fairview Dairy Ass’n............. . 3,440,500
work of a cheese inspector has done bills receivable, $25.00; creamery plant,
375,057 . . 51,365 39
South Prairie Creamery . .. . 2,118,198 .. 229.115 . . 31.226.53
a lot of good towards getting an $4,127.89; due from . merchants and,,
Three Rivers Creamery........
1,996,914 .. 217,547 .
even quality of cheese, and we find
29,858.28
Clover Leaf Creamery............. . 1,690,’63 .. 185,862 . . 25,477.46
that the trade is to a great extent others for cheese, $1,737.93; supplies
Elwood C reamery Co...............
1.183.090
depending on it, in fact we have on hand, $540.90; equity in the Wilson
. 121,029 . . 16.880.61
laing Prairie Creamery......... . 1,204.728 .. 131.495
some customers who would not River Farmers’ Water Co., $676.00; a
18,115.49
Cold Springs Cheese Factory . 1,035,046 .. 112,010 . . 15,369.37
take any cheese unless the inspec­ total of $7,786.29.
Central Co-op. < reamery....
tion stamp is on the b<>x.
642,662
09,930
9.659 Si
Liabilities: Capital stock outstand­
East Beaver Cheese Co..........
639.028
67,269 .
We know of a well known cheese
9,236.75
Pleusant Valley.........................
;«6,197
40,406
maker, who has lost considerable ing, $700.00.
5,543.79
Nehalem Dairy Ass’n. (Est).
470,000
ground in this market, mostly on
47,702 .
5,845.27
Farmers were paid practically $1.30
Alder Vale Creamery........ ..
405,786
account of his unreliable and un­ per 100 pounds of milk.
42,853
5,827.40
Moler Creamery.....................
303,393
32,930 .
even
quality
of
cheese.
(He
works
4 794.'»
Butter fat prices were: January,
lackaon A Baling.....................
295,560
under the old way.)
31,303
4,267.56
Netarts Creamery.....................
148,731
16,154
Therefore we would request you 27ic.; February, 28c.; March, 31c. (
2,198.50
Sand Luke Creamery ..........
100,609 ..
17,357 .
to work with all your power that April, 33.5c.; May, 33.2c.; June, 32.3c. |
2.282.28
this institution is not going out of July, 34c.; August, 32c.; September,
24,131,802
2,619,229
commission, just then when other.
$158,206 29
Eastern states are trying to work 32.7c.; October, 36c.; November, 38c.,
From
present
indications
cheese
prices
will
l>e
good
the
first
part
of
up a similiar system of inspection, i and December, 39.2c.
The Tillamook County Creamery Association is composed of twelve
1912. aa the market is practically bare of all kinds of cheese. We have which will certainly mean a great
ot the Co operative Associations, winch was organixed in 191b for the sold cheese this date at 20 cents Tillamook, the highest price ever benefit to them.
The Tillamook Creamery.
CARL H aherl ACB
purpose of turning out n uniform grade and superior quality of cheese, received for triplet cheese in Tillamook.
Trusting that these few words
The factory received during the year
February
19th,
1912.
will prove the importance of an in­
ua well us a pure, wholesome dairy product. It wus an ex|>erimeiit, but
spector and that you will work to­ 3,937,717 lbs. of milk. Receipts month­
sufficient co operative associations were progressive enough to go into
ly were: January, 48,553 lbs.; Febru­
wards maintaining this office. ”
' uniform quality, and the great de­
it, with tlie result that the Association was fortunate in securing the
ary. 42,855 lbs.; March, 193,318 lbs.;
services of .Mr. F W Christensen to supervise the making, the grading
mand for cheese from the inspected Quality Brings Top Prices.
April, 427,588 lbs.; May, 598,344 lbe.;
and the Inspection of cheese. 1 he experiment turned out a gigantic suc­
factories is proof that the different
‘'What are the prospects down in June, 599.151 lbs.; July, 581,020 lbs.;
cess, so much so that the reputation of Tillamook cheese is more firmly
co operative factories did a wise the Tillamook Valley for an early August, 482,305 lbs.;
September,
established, with the deniers all wanting inspected cheese in preference
thing when they combined and em­ start? About when will you be 395,401 lbs.; October. 305,887 lbs.;
making
cheese
in
some
quantity
?
to that which is not inspected. The twelve factories in the association
ployed an experienced clieesemaker
The writer is going after this sec­ November, 169,401 lbs. ; and December,
keeps one inspector busy, and should more ot the coo | h rative factories!
to supervise the making and the tion good and strong this season 93,894 lbs.
decide to ~
go into the
aMociation.
it
will
tie
necessarv
to
employ
another
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rtfipiuy lltioineri
grading of the cheese. There is no and I want you to back me up by
This milk contained 151,684 lbs. of
inspector. The ins|ie«-tion and grading of Tillamook cheese have come I
disputing the fact that prices have giving the trade an article as good butter fat.
as
can
be
made.
Something
that
to stay, for it is fully demonstrated that a superior quality of cheese is I
been kept at the highest mark on
Average butter fat in milk, 3,852
will taste strongly like more.
I
placed on the market by the method now adopted, and factories which!
Those who ure in a position to account of it. with a correspondingly presume the different dairy men per cent
produce cheese below the grade established by the inspec tor are not able
give some valuable information con- good demand for Tillamook inspect- get together occasionally and talk
436,485 lbs. of cheese manufactured.
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the price of iiisiar, ted cheese The aim of the association
led cheese, in fact the demand is over matters. I wish the next op­
i cerning Tillamook cheese are the
$59,638.53 received for cheese, an
portunity
you
have,
as
another
was to turn out a superior quality of cheese, and it has proved success­
| greater then the supply,
-- -- for several season approaches, that you would average of 13.66 cents Tillamook.
ful in its efforts, ' for - at - no ........ in the history of the dairying industry jobbers and dealers, for they soon, I lli m a.in.i «vnAAo
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ascertain the merits and demerits of ‘bouaand cases of Tillamook cheese take this matter of quality up with
6,122 boxes cheese manufactured
in Tillamook County
<
have the grade been ms high as it is today.
all kinds of cheese placed on the1 would l»e snap|>ed up like so many them. You cannot impress this practically all triplets.
1 hunks to the progressive dairymen
who
. i
* started
■ .2 the system of auper- markets, whether it is Eastern or I hot cakes if this county hud that point too strongly. If we want to
Patrons were paid an average of
vision ot factories and the grading oi cheese. We give below Secretary
hold your own, say nothing about
But last making headway and getting a $1.32 per 100 lbs. of milk.
Tillamook. It is, however, gratify-1 much cheese on hand.
llaliei Inch's and Inspector Christensen's report
year’s product is all disposed of and good price for your products, it is
Average yield, 11.08 lbs. of cheese
To Hie Directors ami Stockholder*of Tillamook County Creamery Asa'n ing to know that the jobbers and
those who ha mile Tillamook cheese the dealers are hungry and anxious going to be done from the stand per 100 lbs. milk.
Following
us —
secretary
of your
for lull
— . is my
, report
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point
of
quality
and
nothing
else.
I lie aaaociatmn
association in.i.ect*d
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•• 2.4.41,625
- — (>ounda of che*« of the are unanimous in their praise as to get hold of this year's product, ’'e hJ?ve Kot ,o >m Press the trade
A little over 2.87 lbs. of cheese were
191 l ma be.
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« the kdlowtnu twelve factorte«
to the excellent article and uniform simply on account of the excellent that Tillamook turns out a product made on an average per lb. butter fat.
Maple Leaf Creamery
quality
and
satisfaction
it
is
giving
quality ot the home product which
441.420 Iba.
at least equal ta any. and then show
Patrons were paid for butter fat as
The Tilluiuook Creamery
436.4.< Ilia.
u“1 ,,hat we 60
To illustrate follows: January, 29.2c; February.
came under tlie an)>ervision and ua a high grade and superior article.
Fairview Duiry Association
3 >5,1 ft i Iba.
had the o,k. stamp of the local in A large numlierof letters have been what I mean, you remember last SO: March, 32c; April, 34.Sc; May,
South Prairie Creamery
2» 115 Itm.
spring I sold to Turner A Pease of
Three Rivera Creamery
S|>ector. One thing above all others received from dealers, all of whom Seattle, some ’AJO boxes of uninspect­ 34c ; June. 32.3c; July, 34.7c; August,
217.547 Ilx
Clover leaf Creamery ..
praise of
tlie ed stock that turned out very poor­
18ft. 862 lb*.
that keeps Tillamook cheese at the apeak in tlie highest
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33c ; September, 34.2c; October, 36.4c;
Lone Prairie Creamery
131,496 Iba.
top market price is the excellent I
cheese, and for those who ly and queered them for the rest of November. 39.8c; and December. 39.5c.
Klwiaal Creamery Company
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quality ot the inspected cheese so I 1 are interested in dairying,
—*— - we will
— the season and Mr.Turner. the buy-i
Cold Soriugs Factory
llil'lo It..
is a particular good friend of! Factory received'for making cheese
Central Co operative Creamery
much so that some dealers will not I publish a few extracts from different *r.
II«.
the writers at that.
I have not It cents per lb., a total of $7,638.48.
I
parts
of
the
country'
:
East Heaver Cheese Comminy
«7.269 Ilw.
handle Tillamook cheese unless it
spoken of this before but you have
Expenses for the year were $<’>,676.90.
Pleasant Vsllev Cheese Comivany
4u.a» lb*.
no doubt noticed that I have not
comes from lactones embraced in
The association made a charge of I id cent t>er pound cheese made at
,
l-oaa and gain account, gain, $38.46.
Portland
Jobber
Well
Pleased.
lieen
selling
them
any
goods.
They
the above factories for the year, main ig a total ol ll.iUM 1 here was > • . those which are under the supervi­
Resources, $6.596.76.
•'As you are aware, we have had merely have been working on Wis­
"port "•
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The rw-.pi- lor the ae.roa sion of an inspector. They claim
consin cheese because of its reli­
Met urn fruiu cunvtntiun uutlav ftJu.V Tutu I. |l tV4 W$
that the inspected cheese the past less trouble with Tillamook Cheese ability 1 was very careful not to Fairview Dairy Asscciation.
.. •hshuraemsma: Paid fur printing. 112.lU . im id cheese inspector
tew years have given general satis. ( since same has I wen inspected than sell them any more stock that was
fl, .<10 id ; telegram to Ovsgoa senators, $2 30; paid sec rets ryM|St~
The factory received during 1911 a
•*
previous time.
It has tieen
Off ; faction because of its superior and I our experience that the tendency of ( uninspected so ae to avoid further
trouble.
I mention this matter total of 3.340.560 lbs. of milk. Monthly
CARL HABERLACH’S REPORT
Handles 2,619,229 lbs. of Cheese,
Valued at $358,206.29.
2,430,626 lbs. CHEESE INSPECTED
Small Proportion of Poor Quality at
the Twelve Factories where
the Cheese is Graded.
GRADED CHEESE IS
IN GREAT DEMAND
Brings Top Prices and
Gives the Best Satisfac
faction to Dealers.
receipt* were as follows;
January,