162 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Spr, 1902. 
compartments thus created are, during loading, again divided longitudinally—?.é+ 
lengthwise the ship—by temporary partitions of 2-inch wooden plank. ‘Towar 
the top of the grain-cargo the holds may be still further subdivided by tem 
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Berens 
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Fig. 20. Weighing out grain on the deck at Antwerp. 1. Grain belt coming from the shiPe 
elevator. 2. Receiving bin into which the belt pours its grain. 3. Steelyard. 4. Weird 
hopper which has just been emptied into the bag marked 5. 6. Bag which has just been li 
to a Jabourer’s shoulders. : 
porary wooden partitions as an additional precaution against ‘shifting” using 
the voyage. : d 
The grain buckets are about 10 inches deep, 6 inches wide at the top, #” i 
1 foot or more long. They are worked at such a speed that when they 
