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Show Tons of Dutch Cheese. In the Hutch town of Alkninr, on i)i great northern canal, about twenty miles from Amsterdam, which Is noted for being one of the biggest cheese markets In the world, not less than 6.000 tons of cheese are disposed of In the course of twelva months. The Hutch cheeses sre made In spheres of three sixes, respectively, of four pounds eight pounds, and twelve pounds In weight, snd th beat quullty fetches about twenty guilders, or shout thirty-five shillings, per 100 pounds. Iinmodbitolsws alter being weighed snd marked off the barrows sre taken to the canal bout nearby, and then th cheeses which they contain con-tain are rolled one by one Into the hold, through a wooden chute, tn bo transported to their various destinations. destina-tions. Before exportation they are riven a coating of vegetable red, and jft la In this gulxa they are known and f recognised the world over. |