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Yes they they purchased it, at least my grandfather did uh probably somewhere, well it would be the in the early 30's. He purchased it from a group of farmers and uh a lot of times these factories were co-op owned by the local dairy farmers but in this case it was the case with this factory in Verschoyle the history of it going back somewhere around the turn of the century I presume like the 20th Century. Uh and so my grandfather purchased it and then my dad started work there probably probably in the oh…1933-32. In that era. And uh then war broke out, the second world war and uh cheese was important but it became a vital product uh growing uh producing cheese made from raw milk. The farmers brought the they brought the raw milk into the factory uh by horse and buggy and horse and carriage and so forth and then gradually became a pick up truck and so forth and so there were about 35 producers we call them producers and farmers that brought this milk in and so the raw milk was brought in in the morning and uh cheese was made was made by cheddar cheese so it was already made into the chedder cheese by evening by 5:00 in the afternoon. And then it stayed here in the factory and was cured and uh it could be kept so no matter what farm where it was produced, it was an open market whatever the farmer could produce was brought in. There was no quota system like they have today or dairies uh because the cheese was something that could be could be held and uh sold at a later date anywhere up to half a year later. The older the cheese was the more valuable it was actually. We had curing, we had a curing room where you would keep the cheese, cheeses were made in uh 100 pounds they looked like a half a barrel.