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BROOM-CORN CULTURE 



long, the quality of the brush will be injured by 

 bleaching. 



In the bulking process the brush is removed from 

 the shelves and piled in straight, compact ricks, from 

 which it is taken direct to the baler as soon as it is 

 thoroughly dry. 





Fig. 17. A well-constructed bale of broom-corn as it was received at the 

 factory. 



Baling. Practically all of the broom-corn grown 

 in the United States is marketed in the bale. In 

 the process of baling the brush is compressed into 

 tight packages and bound with wire. This is usu- 

 ally accomplished by means of a horse or hand- 

 power machine which requires a force of six or eight 

 men for its operation at full capacity. 



