BALING THE CLIP.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3241, 11 December 1930, Page 2

BALING THE CLIP.

EVENNESS IN PRESSING. When baling wool, so as to keep the bales as even in weight as possible, it is advisable to weigh some of the fleeces and calculate how many of each different lot it will take to make a bale weighing 3361 b., advises Dalgety Review. Care must be taken with bellies and pieces, which are heavier, to keep the weight under 4001 b. When pressing wool it requires two men to do the job properly—one in the bale and the other passing the fleeces to him two at a time.

To make a square-cornered, compact bale, the man in the press should start by placing two fleeces in each corner, and standing on them as he goes round,.and filling the centre is necessary. Repeat each course until the correct number of fleeces is packed in successive layers. When bales pressed in this manner are opened for inspection they have a more attractive appearance than when put in carelessly. In a small clip from a mixed grade flock there is often not enough of one class to make a bale. When this occurs always put wools of a similar character in and divide them with a sheet of brown paper. It pays to market wool, as far as possible, in bales of even quality, length of staple and colour. Since bulk classing has proved so successful the owners of small flocks need not worry about classing their wool further than to keep the crossbred fleeces apart from the finer combacks and Merinos, and as the wool has all to be taken out of the bales for classing at the wool stores, bales intended to be treated in that way should be only lightly pressed, and simply branded to correspond with the letter of advice to the woolgrower.