CHEESE & BUTTER FACTORY In 1900 the O'Leary Cheese Factory was built near the brook on the . The brook provided a source of water for the factory. It was near the railway and was centrally located within the farming community. The first directors - (appointed from each district) were as fol¬ lows: Robert Rayner - Cascumpec ; George Maclsaac - Glenwood ; Percy Tredenick - West Devon; David Campbell - Montrose ; Oliver Gorrill - Milo ; Charles Ellis - Knutsford . These names would be replaced over the years by other representatives from the areas. The milk used in the cheese making process would be stored by the farmers in a well or spring on the farm and would be collected twice a week by a "hauler". The first hauler was Alfred Moreshead from Knutsford . The cheese making process used very little butterfat from the milk, therefore, with the butterfat removed butter was made, and the waste called "fat free whey" was purchased by local farmers to sup¬ plement the hog feed. When cream separators became available on farms, the skim milk was used to feed hogs and calves and the cream was sent to the facto¬ ry to be made into butter. The butter and cheese were of a high quality and sold through¬ out the province as well as in other parts of Canada . Around 1910, a cold storage plant was added to the factory. During the summer farmers could rent boxes and store such things as beef, pork, poultry products as well as horse meats for fox feed. The first manager of the plant was Russell Whitney . 241