NOVELTY - Trash removing apparatus, for removing trash from sugar cane billets, comprises a billet collector for collecting the billets thrown through a housing; billet conveyor (22) to convey the billets from the billet collector through an outlet (20, 21); a trash collector to collect trash; and a fluid jet, which passes through the housing and which intersects the trajectory to blow trash towards the trash collector.    USE - For removing trash from sugar cane billets (claimed), where trash is used as biomass fuel for power generation e.g. at sugar mill. It is used for removing leafy component (leaves and grass) of the cane plant stems or other type of billet material.    ADVANTAGE - The novel apparatus deliberately retains trash when harvesting sugar cane, such that the trash can be separated at the mill, thus ensuring a good supply of trash at the sugar mill. It provides for further cleaning of cane prior to being crushed, thus resulting in greater efficiency in the crushing action and increased sugar extraction.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Trash removing apparatus, for removing trash from sugar cane billets, comprises a housing; an inlet in the housing and through which billets pass; a propulsion mechanism to propel the billets through the housing along a trajectory; a billet collector in the housing to collect the billets thrown through the housing; an outlet in the housing through which the billets can pass; billet conveyor to convey the billets from the billet collector through the outlet; a trash collector in the housing to collect trash; a fluid jet (17), which passes through the housing and which intersects the trajectory to blow trash towards the trash collector; an outlet in the housing through which the trash can pass; and a trash conveyor (23) to convey the trash from the trash collector to the outlet.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows the above trash removing apparatus.    Vertical chute (10)    Rollers (11)    Rotary thrower (12)    Separation chamber (15)    Fluid jet (17)    Outlet (20, 21)    Billet conveyor (22)    Trash conveyor (23)    Air jet (24)