44 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. 
