Butter maker Elmer Gamble and his assistant, brother Lee Gamble , standing in front of the factory in 1929. Lila Gamble collection. Farmers sent their cream to the factory in large cans that held up to 125 lbs. These cans were placed on a high stand by the gate at the end of the lane. Robert Lord , one of the first men who collected the cans, had an express wagon the height of the cream stand; all he had to do was move the cans over to his wagon. John H. Dawson , Burpee Carr , and Stanley Thomson all collected cream from North Tryon farmers. Frank Lang installed in the North Tryon Butter Factory in 1916 the first Pasteurizer to come to this province. Soon after, he purchased the first Moisture Test Scale to be used as regular equipment in an Island plant. The Company started bringing in mill feed such as bran, mid¬ dlings, shorts and oil cake meal in 1918 to sell to farmers for use as supplementary feed for their livestock. Elmer Gamble was promoted to the position of manager and butter maker after the sudden death of Frank Lang in May 1921. Elmer had several young men who worked with him learning the art of butter making. One of these men, Frank Kohout , became Elmer's assistant butter maker in 1936 and was with the company until 1953 when the Tryon Dairying Company closed. Elmer Gamble and Jack Wright saw the need for an amalgamation of the many small butter and cheese factories in in 1953. After many meetings and much discussion the small factories decided to join forces in a new larger operation. Elmer traveled to each of the factories and selected various pieces of equipment to be used in the new plant. All the pieces were then moved to Summerside and Elmer supervised their installation. The new factory initially produced butter and ice cream and later began producing cheese. Amalgamated 54