388 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Nov., 1898. 
THE WORLD'S SUPPLY OF WHEAT. 
Returns obtained by “ Beerbohm” make the world’s visible supply of wheat 
on Ist August only 7,088,000 quarters, or about 400,000 less than the 
exceptionally small total of last year at the corresponding date. During the 
five preceding years the total on 1st August ranged from 12,500,000 to nearly 
19,750,000 quarters. Still, as estimates of the new crop are exuberant, in 
pls of disappointing yields in France and the United States, prices are on 
the down grade, and English wheat has been sold as low as £1 12s. a quarter 
in London, while Indian wheat has been disposed of at £1 9s. 6d. in some 
cases. Wet weather might cause a temporary recovery, if sufficiently 
prolonged to injure the crops in this and other countries; otherwise, the 
markets will soon be glutted, with the usual result.—Standard. 
BUDD’S BARLY. WHEAT. 
Tux Tambourine Mountain would appear to suit this particular wheat 
when planted early, at all events, under some climatic conditions. Mr. W. A. 
Davidson writes that he sowed some of this wheat, which he received from the 
Agricultural Department on the 23rd April last. The plants in September 
were upwards of 5 feet in height, and the ear measured 6% inches. There was 
» no sign of rust. 
WHEAT IN VICTORIA. 
Encouracine reports concerning the coming wheat harvest in Victoria have 
reached us. It would appear that, notwithstanding rust in some parts, drought 
in others, and floods elsewhere, the harvest of 1898 will, throughout the colonies, 
be a record one. In Victoria, where wheat-growing has generally rivalled the 
industry in South Australia, there are over 1,600,000 acres under wheat, 
Averaging the yield at 10 bushels per acre, the harvest should not oniy be 
sufficient for local requirements, but leave 9,000,000 bushels for export, 
With a fair average yield in the other colonies, the surplus will have to be 
sent to countries beyond the seas, and then will come the question of price, 
which will naturally be ruled by prices obtained in those markets. 
A TREE-PRUNING DEVICE. 
To horticulturists and arboriculturists who desire to have their trees, shrubs, 
or hedges cut to a uniform or particular shape, the following described instru- 
ment (says the Australasian) will be found useful, and is termed a 
“‘ dendroscope ” :—The tree requiring pruning should be carefully studied from 
the ground, so that the operator may be able to judge intelligently which 
branches should be removed or shortened in order to reduce it to the desired 
shape. This at first may seem difficult to beginners in the art of pruning ; and 
a dendroscope is the name suggested for a simple little contrivance, which may 
be here used with advantage. A dendroscope may be made from a piece of 
thin board or cardboard—an ordinary playing-card answers the purpose—in 
