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an inch, and there are 

 thirteen holes in a row. 

 A second set of hoops, 2 

 inches in height, with one 

 row of holes around the 

 center, is made with a 

 slightly larger diameter 

 (one-eighth of an inch 

 larger is sufficient)', so 

 that they will slide freely 

 over the others. 



Boards (see Fig. 64). — 

 The draining boards are 

 made of whitewood and 

 have parallel grooves on 

 both sides to enable the whey 

 grooves are about one-sixteenth 



Fig. 65. — Draining mat. 



closely fastened together with strings, 

 what the bamboo strip curtains. 



Fig. 64. — Draining board for Camembert 

 cheese. 



to run off readily. These 

 of an inch wide and of the 

 same depth, and are 

 about one-eighth of 

 an inch apart. The 

 boards are about 14 

 by 15 inches in size, 

 or large enough to 

 hold nine cheeses of 

 common size. 



Mats (see Fig. 65). 

 — Square mats of 

 the same size are 

 needed to cover these 

 boards. They are 

 preferably made of 

 fine bamboo strips, 

 They resemble some- 



