442 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Nov., 1899. 
in the car is divided into two or three sections, according to the size of the cat, 
and is discharged from the car to the pit in the manner shown in the illustration. 
Only one attendant is required at the winch-head, the use of which permits the 
unloading to be started and stopped instantly or carried on as slowly or as 
rapidly as may be desired. The cane from the pit is carried up in a slow moving 
continuous mass, and delivered over the head of the incline to the cane 
conductor much more eyenly than it is possible to place it by hand, thus insuring 
an even regular feed to the mill. ‘The cane from the carts can be unloaded by 
the same means, or the carts can be backed up to the other side of the pit and 
unloaded by hand. 
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