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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photo from Hugh M. Smith 

 ANOTHER VIEW OE THREE THE CHILDREN SHOWN IN THE PRECEDING GROUP 



the half hour having sounded, the ''Kaas- 

 dragers" begin their labors, carrying to 

 the weigh-house heaping loads of cheeses 

 on sledlike trays suspended from their 

 shoulders, receiving a check from the 

 master of the scales, and returning their 

 certified fares to the respective owners, 

 who now have a basis for determining 

 the aggregate weight and value of each 

 lot as sold. 



The selling and weighing proceed with 

 such expedition that by ii o'clock the 

 market is practically over, and the re- 



moval of the cheeses to the warehouses 

 of the purchasing merchants begins. 

 Soon thereafter the country people de- 

 part in their wagons and boats, and when 

 the carillon gives its grand noonday per- 

 formance the market exists only as a 

 memory. 



On the occasion shown in the accom- 

 panying photographs nearly a hundred 

 different manufacturers were represented, 

 and the number of cheeses displayed on 

 the ground and disposed of during the 

 market hour was about 100,000. 



