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of these operations is to scrape off from the cheese with 

 a knife a certain adhesive glutinous matter which forms 

 upon it duriug the salting ; the second is to remove a 



thin slice of the crust of the cheese, which is preserved 

 for sale as an article of food for poorer consumers. This 

 sells at about five cents per pound (figure 89). The 



