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kept clean and the bottom perfectly dry, as this will
result in maintaining a sweet odor, with your stock
in proper condition.
It is not to be forgotten that a good, reliable ther
mometeris always to be plaeed in the ice box, that the
right temperature may be secured.
21.
HOW TO HANDLE PROPERLY
LIQUORS IN CASKS OR BOTTLES.
In laying in your imported liquors, I would not ad
vise the purchasing of too great a quantity because, of
late years, the consumption of imported liquors has
decreased considerably, and by having too many pack
ages on hand, ten per cent, or more of which will
evaporate dicring the year, the original cost will be
greatly increased. In a business where there is little
demand for imported liquors, the wisest method is to
buy in very small quantities or "case goods." As every
one knows, in our line of business, imported liquors
with the present high tariff are very costly, and the
sensible man will only have a small stock on hand,
being sure to purchase his goods from a reliable house
—as otherwise he may get adulterated stock—and thus
be certain tliat his customers are getting the best the
market affords.
But where there is sufficient business to justify the
laying in of foreign liquors in bulk, they should be
placed together on the skid in one particular section
of the cellar or Avherever you may choose to keep them.
Before they are jjlacedon the skid, the barrels should
be stood up on end and a hole bored large enough
for a faucet. Then have the barrels placed on the skid
in such a manner that they cannot be shaken or jarred,