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many places they are the cow stables that are vacant 

 for the summer. The temperature will seldom rise 

 higher than 65 F. After about three or four weeks 

 they became hard and firm and covered with a white 

 mold. They are then taken down, thoroughly washed 



Fig. 52. The Market Square, Alkmaar, Holland. From a photograph 

 by the author, May 21, 1897. 



in whey, all the mold scrubbed off, dried and greased 

 with linseed oil, when they are. ready for the market. 

 The merchants purchase them in large numbers at the 

 weekly markets in the different villages. A typical 

 market scene is shown in the cut (Fig. 52). When 

 taken to the warehouses they are colored red, wrapped 

 in tin foil and packed for transportation. The curing 



