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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1913)
Tillamook’s Famous Cheese Four Million Pounds Manufactured Last Year Valued at $650,000. Liabilities: W H. Eberman, $15.57; Cold Springe Cheese Factory; 12 25; Capital Stock outstanding, 900.00; November milk sold, returns in, 233.81; December milk sold, re turns in 75.CO; Maple Leaf Creamery, 51.80; By balance, 7,030.08; total $8,318.51. factory received $2,589 18 for mai ing cheese, or l%c. per lb. cher* Hauling cheese, 116.86 Expenses for the year $2,264.26. 3 we" d..Ji9iO,,rce? Supplies on ha»d $.)1.0o ; building account. $807r,’ cash in bank, $145.69 ; due formal ing November cheese, $110.40 Tnt» $1,114.59. 10,11 CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY CO. Liabilities: Bills payable, $500 00 The following report covers some of my work for sixteen Company received for the year a due cheese maker, $60 68 other ar factories for which I acted as secretary during 1912: total of 1,164.691 lbs. of milk. This counts, $70,56; stock account si ’ was 462,029 It s more than was re Total. $1,18124. Total milk received, 29,139,514 lbs. Total cheese manufactured (estimating small amount on hand), ceived during 1911. the gain being 72 per cent. Monthly receipts in , THREE RIVERS CREAMERY 3,211,004 lbs. 16,744; pounds follow: January, ASSOCIATION Total boxes clieeBe manufactured, 44,633. February, 27,145; March. 61 566; The factory received during tn. Tctal butter fat in milk, 1,134,561 lbs. April. 117 771; May, 181,9.5; June _ [year 2,276,749 lbs. of milk. Ti^ 161,725; August, [was 279,835 lbs. more than 1911 re Amount received for cheese (estimating small amount on hand). 182.252; July, BY FRED C. BAKER. 127,814; September, 103,163; October, ceipts, a gain of over 14 per cent ‘ $524,718.61. De- 70,210; November, 30,750, and C. Tillamook County had another banner year in the Monthly receipts in lbs werea. Average price received, 16.34 cents per lb, net Tillamook cember, 23,646 ¡follows: January, 19,922; Februarr large amount of cheese manufactured in 1912, the out Average yield, 11.02 lbs. of cheese per 100 lbs. of milk. This milk contained 44,338 lb», 16,300 ; March, 100,479 ; April, 214 butter fat, an average of 4.014 per 925 ; May, 368,919 ; June, 367,¿T> Average of 2.83 lbs. cheese per lb. butter fat put being over four million pounds of the famous cent, butter fat. July, 337,195 ; August, 275,370; Sea Average butter fat content, 3.893 per cent. cheese that have brought the county to the front as the i Estimating cheese still on hand Receipts of milk and value of product and lbs. cheese for the several ' at 73 lbs per case, brings the year's t e r, tier, 231,342 ; October, 174,103 best dairying section in the State of Oregon, yet for all I factories are as follows: November, 88,149; and December output of cheese to 122,256 lbs. 50,073. Amount. that the industry is practically in its infancy. There I.be. Cheese. Name of Factory. 1,685 boxes of cheese manufact- Estimating the cheese still oi j $86,480 88 1 tired . 527,233 are thousands of acres of idle land in Tillamook County, I Maple Leaf Creamery................... hand brings the total years make of " 75,705.68 Estimating cheese on hand at 16*/ cheese to 252,314 lbs, . 464,136 .. Tillamook Creamery........ especially in the Nestucca Valley and the Nehalem The 72.164.53 i cents per lb brings value of year’s . 441,007 .. Fairview Dairy Ass’n................. Average yield, 11.C8 lbs. elite« I . 259,766 .. 42,534.51 output to $20,177 05. country, which is waiting to be developed and turned Smith Prairie Creamery../.... per 106 lbs. milk 41.115.58 Gain in value of cheese over 1911 . 252,314 .. Rivers Creamery............... Estimating unsold cheese at 16!4t I into valuable dairy farms by those who are looking for ! Three 37 360.67 was $10,517.42 or 109 per cent; average brings the value of the yean ¡1) . 230.766 .. Mohler Creamery Company ... 33,129 20 . 20?, 162 .. 16.5c. new homes in Western Oregon. The increase in the i Clover Leaf Creamery................... cheese to $41,115.58. Thia ii 3 28,706.60 Factory receives 2'7 cents for $11,257.30 more than 1911 chee« ■ . 175,272 . Prairie Creamery............... amount of cheese produced in 1912 was over 600,000 Long . 147 953 .. 23.942 20 making cheece, or $2,750.76 for the brought, a gain of nearly 38p« l Elwood Creamery........................... 20,801 26 year. . 125,824 .. pounds above that manufactured the previous year. As i Cold Springs Cheese Factory... cent in value of product. 20 177.05 In addition the factory charged . 122,256 .. Co-op Creamery............. 3 485 boxes of cheese maou | to the amount of milk produced last year, the figures | Central 15,774.93 and paid 25c. per case for haul fact tired 95,958 .. East Beaver Cheese Co................. . 51,876 .. 8.324.53 ing cheese to Tillamook and l-10c show that it went above 36,500,000 pounds, which will Blaine Creamery Com|>any 87 251 lbs. butter fat in milk, at 8.274.43 per lb. cheese made at the factor’' average of 3,836 per cent fat in milk 1 . 50,503 .. Pleasant Valley Cheese Co....... give some idea of the large number of cows pastured j A. 40,647 .. 6,721 44 during the months of March to | Average price received fcrchee«. i O. Jacksen Factory................. 22,231 .. 3,505 12 August, both inclusive, for inspect 16.3c. per lb. and milked every day in Tillamook County. This con I Sand Lake Creamery..................... ing the year’s cheese. Factory received $5,046 28 for | clusively prove that the dairy industry in this county 29,139,514 3,211,004 $524,718.61 Expenses for the year, deducting making cheese, or 2c. per lb. chee* 1 is making considerable progress every year. What is Estimating on the basis of 1% cents for making cheese, the making $118.43 supplies on hand and 50 Expenses for the year, lees the.«s for mdse sold, were $2,385.15 amount of supplies sold to patron- 9 the most remarkable feature of the cheese industry last charge around Tillamook, would bring the making charges to $56,192 57. cents In this connection wish to say that and amount now on hand, wenj year was a gain of $150,000 in the receipts. The re- Some of the factories, however, charge more. On the basis of 1% cents with the same volume of milk this [$4,492 59. T am sending you en-W as last, factory could get closed an itemized expense account;3 i ipts in 1911 were a little over $500,000, while in 1912 for making cheese, patrons would have received an average nearly $1.61 season along nicely on a making charge of Would suggest that you have sarre SH per 100 lbs. milk. Average butter fat price, 41.3 cents per lb. they jumped to $650,000. At this rate of increase every 2 cents per lb., not counting haul , checked overand also my' books,anf'S Dated February let, 1913. ing out of the 2 cents. On the other 1 that you select some one to attew 9 year it will not be many years before the million mark C arl H aberlach . hand, several factories that started to the meetings of the Creamer | is reached. as your company did, have contin Association. Since we have hai ' j ued to charge enough so that they the inspector, we have brought tlx i Figures from some of the other factories tire as follows : could accumulate enough money yield of cheese up considerable Carl Ilaberlach, who is secretary-salesman for 18 Pounds Milk. Amount. to take up the shares each stock and the reputation of our chee« ft Che»se. cheese factories, and handles more cheese than anyone Miami Valley Creamery .. 600,647 . 66,853 .. 10,656 01 holder held, with interest, over and for uniformity and quality has bee: S Oretown Cheese Factory . 030,113 . 99.716 1 above one share for each stockhold considerable increased. on the Pacific Slope, sold $524,718.61 worth of Tilla Neskowin ................. 810,714 . 88,198 - .. 48,161.37 er. Then they do not have to Resources and liabilities : mook County’s cheese, out of the total amount of $650,- Cloverdale Cheese Factory 150,454 I ... 1,367,372 . charge enough to pay heavy divid Resources: Building and ground 000 This went into the markets of Oregon, California, Meda Factory ...................... ends afterwards. j *3,659,114 . 399,925 .. $1,825.65 ; supplies on hand, 304.25 P 64,000.00 Resources: Supplies on hand, patrons account, $101.68; cash:!’ Washington und other Western States. Since Mr llab- Clover Leaf Factory............ $118.43; Cash in Tillamook C< . •Estimated, as the reporta are not complete. Tillamook County Bank, #698.72; I erlach has been associated with the Co-Operative Asso Bank, 687.48; Building and equir - due company for October cheese« nient, 978 59 Due for cheese, 586.28, i ~ ciations he has handled an enormous amount of cheese $58.60; due company for makint i ' 10.63. This was a gain of 35 100 lbs. Due for making cheese, 67.5J; total November and De'-etuber cheese ■ and entrusted with large sums of money belonging to | cheese per 100 lbs. milk and taken $2,438 28. $286 20. Total. $3,275.10 Liabilities: Capital stock paid in, at the averafie price received for dairymen in a most satisfactory manner. To show Liabilities: Capital stock outstand $1,050.00; Due for milk, 584.86; ing, $1,700.00. 1912 cheese, namely, 16.44c per lb , how his work is appreciated by the different associa Following will be found the make 5%c. per 100 lbs. milk. Balance, surplus, 803 42; total — te 'is he keeps adding new one to his list, which is the reports of a large number of the Estimating a few cases cheese on $2.438.28. SAND LAKE CREAMERY CO, 9 factories, most of them being the dock, brings the year’s cheese The factory received during tlx d best kind of recommendation he could receive. value to $15,774.93 Thia is an in- LONG PRAIRIE CREAMERY CO. year furnished by Mr. Haberlach : Monthly re ’ J 224,522 lbs. milk. *' ‘ crease of 70 per cent in value over Factory received a total of 1,574,- ceipts were as foilows : May ««¡1 BLAINE CREAMERY COMPANY. • he $9,236 75 the 1911 _____________ cheese brought. 255 lbs. of milk. This was a gatn of April, 43,623 lbs. ; June, 49,717 lbs a«! J | r —--- T - - r ** 's The factory received during 1912 Factory milking ’ . received - 2(Jc. for ■...... -.-.g 209,529 lbs. ever 1911, or over 22 per July, 46,255 lbs ; Au of butter fat. which averaged 11 3c. per pound and $1.61 a total trust, 37,769 lbs. - August, 37,76911» of 453,768 lbs of milk. Re- cheese, ------ receipts »-*- * being • - $2,398.95. — cent. Monthly receipts in lbs. were, September, 23,751 lbs lbs. ; October «, per 1(K) pounds for milk. Last year was the ban tier year ceipts in lbs. per month follow; I am enclosing you an itemized January, 20,517; February, 24,518; 16,336 lbs.; and November, 7,08011» not only for the large amount of milk produced but the .'lurch, 8,192; April, 49,557; Mav, expense account, showing each March, 71,397; April 1'3,633; May, This milk contained 8,678 It» I 77,728; June. 79 777; July. 74,430; item of expense or rather to whom June, 238 898; July, 228,282; butter fat, an average of 3.806 pe banner year for high prices. This conclusively proves August. 62 735: September, 51,724; paid. Also a list of the supplies 202,795; August 186.4X1; September, 174,931; cent butter fat. on hand. I did not include a new (October, 40,914 and November, October, 135,651; November, 76,139, that Tillamook County is an ideal section for dairying, 8,711. 22,231 lbs. of cheese manufacture tester and pair of scales, as these December, 51 082 and sold, a total of 345 boxes where the industry is most successfully and profitably Thia milk contained 18,773 lbs. of take the place of those in the fact and 66 990 lbs. of butter fat in milk Cheese sold for $3.505.12. an avei butter fnt. ory and should be charged to ex carried on. Average butter fat. 4.255 per cent age of 15.8c. per lb. Owing to f1 Average butter fat in milk’ 4.137 pense account. Estimating small amount of fact that the factory was open! The Directors also installed a cheese on hand, brings total make per cent. This is a very high aver A large number of the dairy men’s herds made $1(M) age, during the season when the low considering th»t the factory Wa er works at a cost of $74 00 and of cheese to 175.272 lbs. prices prevailed, prices will aven it cow last year, while some averaged far above that was only operated in the summer ceiled the factory at a cost of $18 00 Average yield, 11.13 lbs. cf cheese lower than many other factories- «ml spring months. Resources: Cash in bank $543.58; per 100 lbs. milk. amount Considering that most of the dairymen raise 51,8<6 lbs of cheese manufactur Advanced to patrons. $42.55; Due 2,411 boxes of cheese manufact Factory received 2V4c. for maki cheese, or $555.77. Also charg their own winter feed, this makes dairying that much ed. making 721 boxes for cheese sold (Oct.), $13.14; due ured. $12.36 in June for selling cheese Cheese sold for $8,324 53, an aver company for November and De Estimating cheese on hand, addition to the regular maki more profitable in Tillamook County. age of lA05c. Tillamook. Owing to cember making. $115.22; Supplies brings total value to $28,706 60. This the factory getting started ruth *r on hand, $144.50; Factory and is an increase of $10,59i.U over 1911. charge I am sending you enclosed The Nestucca Valiev country is one of the best sec late, the prices will not average up ground, $1,150.4). Total. $2,009.40. or over 58 per cent. itemized account of the expenses! Liabilities: Due secretary, $15.00; tions for dairying anti produced 1,000,000 pounds of to several other*. Factory is to received,221.91 for the year, which together with $49 ( Average yield was 11.43 lbs. of November money received.’ $309 00: making cheese. cheese last year valued at $l(>O.(kkl This is a splendid cheese paid me for services in sellings^ per 100 lbs milk. I think Capital stock outstanding. $500.Oo'. Expenses for the year were secretary work, made a total 4 $2.918.61. showing for the south part of the comity, which has a '.hia is the highest yield obtained Total. $824.00. $558.78. Also an item of $40.25 »» bv any factory in the county. Factory also paid off $350.00 on bright future before it Mr. Chas Kay. who was one of Butter fat payments: March paid Ira Diamond for lumber whin TILLAMOOK CREAMERY. the mortage, leaving $500.00 due the pioneer dairymen of that section, estimates the 13 8c.; April. 37.6c.; May. 35c ; Juns, THE Resources: Supplies on hand, item I charged to the factory«* Factory received during the year $55.(10; Cush in bank, 17.59; Du»* for equipment account. Several of *(•-.; luly, 36.4c.; August, 36c.- output of cheese from the Nestucca Valley for the past September, 40c.; (k-fober and No'- 4,148.442 lbs. of milk. Receipts per making November and December bills, like the McNair bill, cost*'1 were, January, cheese. 331.20; Advanced to patrons. items which should probably & 10 years at 7,(KM).(MM) pounds. veml.er part payments of approxi month iti lbs .12,750 Ills.; February. 48.489; March, $103.60; Land and Factory, 1,250.00; properly charged to same accou* mately 30c. but I do not know how much tbtf April, 456.294; May, 635,906; total, $1.757.39. The inspector. F. W. Christensen, who is employed • There is one lot of 25 cases still 191.186; should be so charged, so chsHP* unpaid for. same living shipped by hine 626.622; July. 583,324; August, Liabilities: Capital Stock out by the Tillamook County Creamery Association, so that ; rail and probably still undelivered. SOI.611; September, 428,572; October; standing. 750.00; Bills Payable them to expense account. Balance of $75.00 was paid lti_ November, 180 528. and mortage, 500.00; By balance, 507.39 a superior grade of cheese is manufactured under sani- ¡Nt-o. 01. Vl,hie of this shipment is 332.413; December. 110,797. bank, but when we pay patron« ■ tary conditions, supervised the making and graded the I he factory receives 2i«'c for This milk contained 159,374 lbs. total $1,757.39. will be necessary to secure a k»' of between $45.00 and $50 Oft •• J making cheese, the vear'a making of butter fat, or an average of 3 84 cheese of most 01 the large factories Last vear he amounting per cent fat. ELWOOD CREAMERY COMPANY the ught the cheese maker wae P*;- to $1.167 21. inspected a total of 3,136,807 pounds of cheese.’ which I have no record of the ex|»enae Estimating cheese on hand, The factory received during 1912 off before, but find I was mistake the total make to 464,136 lbs a total of 1,351,081 lbs of milk, a . Resources and liabilities of “* was disposed of ns insjH'cted cheese, and as jobbers pre account, as your resident secretary brings Average yield, 11.19 lbs. cheese gain over 1911 of 167,991 lbs. or over | company are as follows : keeps up that account. fer that class of cheese, some of them will not buy I have deposited in the Tillamook per 100 lbs milk. Resources ; Cash in bank $62 W 14 per cent Monthly receipts were. 6, .too boxes of cheese manufact March, 41,815 lbs ; April, 118,8791bs.; due for cheese sold, $257.59. FacW cheese which does not huve the o k of the inspector < ottnty Bank a total of $7 967 68 ured of cheese money t»eing still equipment. $272 77. May. '217,134 lbs.; June 239 791 lbs Mr. Christensen has done good service in obtaining a h.ilanee Butter fat prices January, 48c ■ July, 221.074 lbs . August. 183,372 hie and the other living represent Liabilities Due patrons forDS 52.2c.; March, 55Uc.’ lbs.; September. 161.222 lbs.; Octo her and November milk. much higher grade of cheese und manufactured tinder ed by cheese taken l»y patrons, the February. April Pc; May. |une 39 2c • I patrons having taken $50 31 worth ber, 119,799 lbs.; and November Due Haberlach for selling eatn*‘ more stringent sanitary regulations, and the associations of cheese. Inly. 41.2c.; August, 4ft4c.; Septcm’- 4«,996 lbs ber. 43 4c ; October 45c. Butter fat in milq, 52.392 lbs., an arc to be congratulated tor employing him It ha< put COLD SPRINGS CH EESS at 16c., , | average of 188 per cent fat. BEAVER CHEESE CO. . ( Estimating . . " cheese ....... . on hand "«OIM nt FACTORY a stop to poor cheese being manufactured and dumped EAST jesr*» output to Estimating 89 boxes November Factory received dm ng thia year The factory received a total 1 $75.705.68. Average received lbs. O f milk -j-gj, , Wi the market as high grade cheese To inspect ill of for cheese on band, 147,953 lha. of 1.160.768 lbs. of miik or a gai* 1 cheese were made. of nx«M lbs over 1 Ml. or 36 Cheese. Itk31c Tillamook, net. the factories and grade the cheese in thj, Vountv will gain 12 per cent over 1911 I>er cent Receipts per month in making charge to $s.122.38\ ~~~ «he 10.10 lbs cheese made on an aver Monthly receipts in lbs. folio* take the tittle of two tors age per 100 lbs milk .WTP: ’•«■br’inr) and March. Janvarv. 19.439 ; February. 2ft®‘ Expenses for the year vear $5.850.21. hxts n.-v«. far Estimating November cheese on M rcb. 83.7HS; April. 149,377 ; Jg . on hand J ’ “” ’ 1 ,■» cheese sold for ll.,lv August, With but a small proportion -hipped from other 107.484; September, Wk. 751»; Pctnber. »•1- 9H; Lash in |.llnk. 3.6<»i 13 SZK042.20, $7 061 over 1911 or over 41 180.055 ; June, 174 4777 ; July. 1’AJJ Augu • 128,472; September. 10LJ* pomts this Urge umou.it of cheese wasshipped from «‘•¡Wl; November, 90 7vi. and p». -¿"“»"'•UT * KTcr <^ober chee^ |s-r cent. October, 74.738 ; November. 34." *12; W heeler Lbr Co., October ,aA*er*«* ,,rice for cheese, and Decemlier. 21,709. fiom 1 illumook City, which is in the heart of the finest cetuber. 5, Old. An'lr*w Christensen. 16.12c. ¡»er IK net. This milk contained 36,190 Iba of TN« milk contained 43,131 It*1 dairying country and grass prodiiciug section in the butter fat. or an average of 4.(M6 P r 1 J» 35; J h AHreilKellentx-raenl Girngrr, 3.30 C F Had 2054 boxes cheese manufactured. butterfat, an average ci 3 »Mr “ »- cent fat. Northwest, and although there are radroad facilities I rices paid for butter fat tollo w: cent fat. lbs. of cbee-ewerrm.de, * •' . March, 54c ; April. 47c.; .May. 3Rc.s 125.824 lbs. of cheeer manat* I illamook s turnons diet >v continues to be shipped by in'i^' , 1 ------- Average ..... ieh| V l"*1 GrOnnd’ June 38.1c; July. 3B 3c • A*, gud. yiel-2 11 lb» cheese |>er 100 lbs. >- n the water route. f' milk. ZV V "'■*>»«estimat •8 u September 41c., and O. t -r, lured. Average vied. 10*4 "J chee- per It») lbs. milk. , J <*». i WeuH-er makinr. e*n. ■ «* • During ion the average yield I w»« 1 •* uiateU. «¿21.50. total. IM1&31. Estimating November cheese. of butter fat made an avera«» ‘ 2.91 lbs. cheese. .343 lbs butter1 A BANNER YEAR An Increase of 500,000 Pounds in Milk and $150,000 in Receipts. i CARL HABERLACH’S REPORT Handled $3,211,004 Pounds of Cheese, Valued at $524,718.61. Factory Reports