tubs held 56 pounds, or were equal to % of a barrel weight. Although this was a standard, the size was reduced in later years to hold 30 pounds. These firkins were loaded onto wagons and taken to the Breadalbane or Emerald railway stations to be shipped to an out-of-province mar¬ ket. An exceptionally good market was in Sydney, . Another ready summer mar¬ ket was with vessel owners when they took on supplies at the local wharf. The barter system was used to trade products that could not be bought on the Island, such as sugar and molasses, in exchange for this great dairy product which the sea-faring people required for their diet. In 1898, forty-two shares, costing $10.00 each, were sold to twenty-two persons. These formed the background for the openings of the Stanley Separating Station. The butter business operat¬ ed for two months and receipts for November-December show proceeds of $1,285.71, with but¬ ter selling for 21 c. per pound. These reports were encouraging enough for business to continue in 1899. A Director's decision to build an enclosed part to the factory for the separating business was altered on April 11, 1901. Now the idea was "to use the area for a curing room, for cheese and butter, and make the butter in the same factory". No opposition is recorded regarding the separating business as there was a distinct advantage to continue with production. Profits should be greater for a full year's work and should pay greater dividends to the shareholder. From January to March in the first few years of production, the cream was taken to the Kensington Dairying Company for processing. This Company was paid $2,051.44 in 1900, for manufacturing butter for the Stanley Bridge Dairying Company. After 1900 most of the butter sales went through the firm of Dillon & Spillet in Charlottetown . An earlier buyer from the factory was Smith & Proctor, Halifax, who purchased $1,162.03 worth of butter in 1900. The total receipts for this season were $2,576.37, and $706.11 of this sold through the local stores. When the Directors decided to discontinue the cheese business and concentrate on cream only, it meant that haulers would be coming in twice a week during the summer, and one day a week in the winter. This change was evidently not pleasing to some residents for a complaint was registered at the Annual Meeting of the co-operative on February 11, 1936. It stated that with "the manager-butter maker who is living in Emerald and is only in Stanley once a week that the patrons are unable to get butter when required". This is rather a trivial matter to us today, when one can purchase foods from the grocery store any day of the week. However, to some of the patrons, this, no doubt, was a major issue. Another motion regarding butter production is notable. This is dated October 16, 1936, and is recorded "that no person except patrons received buttermilk and patrons receiving same to be given according to amount of cream delivered". The directors and patrons of this factory were very exact in the division of benefits and were quick to argue their point of view. They present¬ ed motions, but many of them were quickly defeated. Butter production showed a satisfactory increase in 1935, when cheese production ceased. Now the manufacturing of butter was of major importance. In this year there were 104 patrons compared with 62 the year before. With this increase, the total receipts jumped from $ 11,592 in 1900 to $14,028.27 in 1935. A steady increase continued until the factory closed in 1945. At the end of 1945 the total revenue was $40,314.51 and butter had reached a high selling price of 35.3 c. 80