through a colour sorter but the labour content at this point is minimal Intake staff Very considerable labour economies can be effected in the vegetable intakedepartment by the use of bulk loaders forpotatoesand root vegetables, 500kg tanks for peas and large crates or tote boxes for cabbage, leeks, celery etc. Green beans are perhaps the only vegetable for which bags or nets need Also, the use of storagesilos for potatoes and roots reduces the intake staff to one, or two at most, per shift, and this staff can be used for fluming the raw material into the plant. This presupposes that an adequate supply o cheap water is available from an adjacentriver, waterway or borehole, fmm which the processor has a prescribed right to abstract water. This need not be potable water, as it is only used as a means of moving the vegetables fmm the silos through flumes into a primary washer, and thence into the preparation plant. Such water is normally discharged from the washer into settling tanks, to remove silt and stones washed off the vegetables, before being returned to waste or recycled. In some instances, it may have to go through an effluent treatment plant before it can be discharged but the loca Authority will have to be consulted on this matter. A destoning machine isa necessary adjunct to this part of thesystem. The shiftquality controller has an important part to play at this point, as it is his responsibility to ensure that the quality of the intake measures up Typical baxthrough a colour sorter but the labour content at this point is minimal. Intake Staff Very considerable labour economies can be effected in the vegetable intake department by the use of bulk loaders for potatoes and root vegetables, 500kg tanks for peas and large crates or tote boxes for cabbage, leeks, celery, etc. Green beans are perhaps the only vegetable for which bags or nets need to be Also, the use of storage silos for potatoes and roots reduces the intake staff to one, or two at most, per shift, and this staff can be used for fluming the raw material into the plant. This presupposes that an adequate supply of cheap water is available from an adjacent river, waterway or borehole, fmm which the processor has a prescribed right to abstract water. This need not be potable water, as it is only used as a means of moving the vegetables fmm the silos through flumes into a primary washer, and thence into the preparation plant. Such water is normally discharged from the washer into settling tanks, to remove silt and stones washed off the vegetables, before being returned to waste or recycled. In some instances, it may have to go through an effluent treatment plant before it can be discharged but the Local Authority will have to be consulted on this matter. A destoning machine is a necessary adjunct to this part of the system. The shift quality controller has an important part to play at this point, as it is his responsibility to ensure that the quality of the intake measures up Typical box tipper 26