using a turkey baster pull out the wine needed, you should have gotten a tube that the hydrometer came in, put the wine in that to take your reading. make sure your sterilize everything before you put anything into your wine.
the gadget you have is to pinch off a hose as you are bottling or syphoning.
hope this helps.
question number 1 - prolly stupid - after primary fermentation (in the pail)
> is complete and i syphon the wine into the carboy - how do i take the
> readings with the hydrometer? - if i drop it in the wine how would i get it
> back? or alternatively of i get enough wine out of carboy i can sure thing
> measure the gravity - but it's a pain and disturbs the wine
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> 2: what is on the picture - i got this thingie when i bought the wine making
> kit (among other things) i pretty much know what other things are for - but
> this small white thing is a puzzle .it's about 1 1/2" x 3/4" x 3/4" >
> i know, i know that i shouldn't attach binaries in a non-binaries newsgroups
> but the image is so small that i think it is not a big deal
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