322 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Sepr., 1899. 
HONEY VINEGAR. 
Pur in a eask 14 Ib. of honey to each gallon of water; add vinous ferment or 
common yeast. Set in a warm place; two months and three weeks from first 
mixing clarify with isinglass or skimmed milk, and in two weeks it is ready for 
market. 
RISE IN BROOM MILLET. 
Ly consequence of the broom-millet crops having failed in America for the past 
two years, fancy prices have been ruling in Sydney—£28 to £31 per ton. It has 
in the past gone down to £10 and up to £24, the average price being about £16 
to £18 per ton. Some farms on the northern rivers have done well with it. It 
should be sown in the early spring. We understand the seed is combed out, 
and not threshed. Care should be taken to get the correct seed. 
TO ESTIMATE THE HEIGHT TO WHICH A COLT WILL GROW. 
A writer in an American sporting journal gives the following rule to estimate 
the height a colt will grow to:—Take a colt at any time between six weeks old 
and one year; stand him on a level surface, so that he will stand naturally, then 
measure the distance from the hair of the hoof to his knee-joint, and for every 
inch, or fraction thereof, he will be hands high when matured. If he measures 
15 inches he will grow to be 15 hands high; if 15 inches he will be 15} 
hands high ; and so on. 
A USEFUL INVENTION. 
Mr. H. R. Sreenens, Toowoomba, has sent us a sample of 
an ingenious instrument for measuring land, which he 
has designed for the use of farmers and other landholders 
who wish to ascertain the size of paddocks and plots. The 
little machine, which we illustrate in this issue, he calls the 
“ Auto Wheel,” or the “ Auto Screw Measuring Wheel.” 
It consists of a light wheel of a certain circumference in 
yards, which, as it is rolled along by means of the wooden 
handle attached, turns a screwed axle on which is a gauge- 
nut or pointer. As the wheel advances, this pointer moves 
along a brass gauge-plate (shown in the illustration), 
whereon figures are stamped equal to distances of from 10 
yards up to 100 yards, on both sides of the plate. For 
measurements over 100 yards, all that has to be done is to 
turn the tool over and go ahead again. The weight of the 
machine is about 101b. It is quite under the manipulator’s 
control, and may be used without exertion. As the con- 
struction is very simple, it can be manufactured at a low 
price. The machine has been tried at the Brisbane Botanic 
Gardens and by Captain E. C. Owen, Surveyor to the 
Geological Department, and it would appear that, for 
smooth ground, it amply fulfils the conditions claimed for 
it. It can be obtained from Messrs. H. G. Wyeth, 
Ruthven street, Toowoomba, or from Messrs. Smellie and 
Co., Brisbane. 
A USEFUL CORN-MARKER. 
A corn-Manker that will adapt itself to any uneven and stony surface may be 
made in the following manner :—A. bed-piece (R), 5 inches square and 10 feet 
long, is provided. The marker holders (P P), 4 feet long and 4 inches square, 
are attached to the bed-piece by wooden pins 2 inches thick (A A). The 
