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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 
