The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-03-27
LOCAL CREANIERIEs GROWING

During the past year the three
creameries at Blackfoot have al
made substantial gain in the volume
of business, and three cheese fac
tories have been established and vel
supported. One factory that started
with 1900 pounds of milk day and
rose to $500 within a month has
now passed the twelve thousand
mark and is still gaining
The local creameries may have
suffered some loss just at the time
of the opening of the cheese factor
les, but it was only temporary.
The Mutual Creamery company
with about a hundred stations cen
tering at Pocatello, has a station at
$50 West Bridge street and buys and
ships enough cream to make a week
ly payroll of about $50 a week, and
in connection with it they operate
a dairy for buying milk for the re-
tail trade, thus making an additions
al distribution of about $3.50 week,
most of which is spot cash paid on
delivery of the milk. They also buy
eggs and retail them in connection
with the milk routes. H. w. Spencer
established the Blackfoot station
three years ago and has steadily add
ed to the volume Of the business.
The Blackfoot Creamery. was es-.
tablished by L. r. Howell three and
half years ago on South Maple
street, and makes all of its product
into butter. One summer they made
ice cream of great excellence, but
discontinued it and thru the panic
Mr.. Howell slowly but steadily in
creased his operations. They pay out
about 5000 q week for cream and re-
port substantial growth during the
past year. This is an independent
concern and has been operated on
lines that have made many friends
for the management.
W. c.. Whittle, general agent for
the Elkhorn creameries, in speaking
of the local conditions said the vol-l
ume of business in their stations In
this locality has increased during
the past year Notwithstanding the
of several successful cheese
factories. He says 1t is usual in such
cases for people to go to slight ex-
tremes when starting the new insti- |
tuition. They are solicited to give
their support to the new industry |
and they give it trial and some
choose to remain with it. while 9TH |
ers for economic reasons or for their |
own personal convenience or choice |
return to what they were patronizingl
before. These things adjust them-f
selves In a few months, but in this
case the increase in dairy activities
has been 80 great that both the cream
cries and cheese factories have had
a good growth, and 1t speaks we'll for
The dairy resources of the valley.
When asked as to the amount OF
heir pay checks to people in this To-
,ality, Mr.. Whittle referred to his
books and said the monthly checks
1t the Riverside station were about
1925, Thomas $500; lockwood,
1900, and Blackfoot about $1,000.
There is no Elkhorn station at Black
DOT SO 1t is shipped to the Pocatello
station and the producers receive
i've cents a pound more, this being
he overhead cost of maintaining the
station to handle 1t.
Mr. Whittle says his firm has 81
stations, with the central plant at
oocatello, and they ship carload OF
,utter every three days. Some OF 1t
goes to the coast cities and some to
Chicago. They bough over million
pounds OF butterfat last year at an
lverage price of Al cents. When ask
ID why prices fluctuate with no Wis
lble reasons here, he said that per-