SPICES.

Buy the spices whole and grind them yourself. Spice mills are cheap. If you want adulterated spices buy the adulterations separate and mix them yourself. All wholesale spice houses sell the adulterations already prepared at prices moderate enough for any one.

The writer knows of cases where grocers grind their own spices, holding a spice trade alone that is very valuable. It is next to impossible to get pure spices in ground state without grinding them yourself.

To Clean Spice Mills.

After grinding one kind of spice, if you wish to change to another, grind a small lot of rice through the mill. Always grind the weakest and most faint flavored spice first.