The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-12-01

has been an importer of cheese. Ir
the year ended June 80, 1922, 34,271,-
600 pounds of cheese were imported
compared with 16,5S5,OOO pounds In
the preceding year. Italy, Argentina
Switzerland, France and The Neither.
lands have been the principal out.
side sources. Exports in the last ifs.
cal year were 7,471,OOO pounds and
1O,S26,000 pounds in the preceding
year. The permananet tariff bill
which places duty of at least cents
a pound, but in no case less than
Is per cent ad valorem on imported
cheese. is expected to reduce the vol
ume of imports materially.
Cheese production in the United
States has been increased in the last
two years-a result of the inevitable
tendency Of hard times to force the
farmers to depend upon the cow-but
the increase has been much less than
in the field Of ALTERNATING.
Cheese can be made on the farm,
but for sthe most part 1t is a factory
proposition, while farm buttermak-
ing Is q more simple matter. Cream
cries and cream stations are much
more widely and thickly disseminated
70 that an addition to the supply Of
milk or cream for butter production
u readily absorbed. Cheese ripen-
ing, furthermore, has certain climatic
limitations which confine It to the
northern states or the higher alti-
tudes for the most part, while butter
production is easily possible in all
arabic sections Of the United States.
Receipts ct Market Increase.
The best current barometer Of the
volume Of cheese production Is found
in weekly receipts at the five leading
markets, Chicago, New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Summing these up over a sufficiently
long period in order to eliminate
weekly fluctuations will show the
general drift. Receipts Of cheese at
these points in the first 38 weeks Of
1922 and comparative figures for the
corresponding period in the three
preceding years are: 1922, 47,428, 900
pounds; 1921, 137,7O3,O00 pounds;
1920, 124,771, 900 pounds; 1919, 49,
369, 900 pounds.
Production in 1922 as measured in
this way, is running practically un-
changed, compared with 1919. but
shows an increase of 18 per cent over
1920. Butter production by the same
~, nkhod ~ -, nm uvro~v, md cho~vc m l.,
crease Of 81 per cent over 1920.
Consumption Of cheese also has in
creased. Adding total receipts from
January l to September %, 1922, at
the five leading markets to the cold
storage holdings at those points on
January and subtracting from this
total supply the storage holdings at
the end of the period gives rough
measure of the amount of cheese dis
appearing into consumptive channels
in the interval. The disappearance
in the first 3S weeks of each Of the
last four years has been as follows
1922, 13S,4SO,000 pounds; 1921, 1872
$4,000 pounds; 1920, 126,OS9 900
pounds; 1919, 125,277 900 pounds.
This method of analysis is not ma
dramatically exact because of dupli-
cations in receipts due to intermar-
ket movements.
It's Made to Eat.
1t is highly significant that com
pared with the average of the three
preceding years the increase in CON
sumption in 1922 has practically KEEP
pace with the increase in production
Storage holdings at the beginning
of the current year were below thu
average of the three preceding years
They continued in this position unit
shortly after the storing season start
edit came month to six weeks
earlier than usual this year-thel
they exceeded the average for time
The season in which storage stocks
accumulate came to an end montl
sooner than usual and at presen
storage stocks are about as far be
low the three-year average as the.
We're on the first Of January.
Lower prices partly explain the in
crease in cheese consumption but i'm
proved industrial conditions hav
been an important factor. Better
ment in the agricultural situation il
the south also has been giving ali
and comfort TO the cheese market.
Thus far. there has been no over
production of cheese as a result O