Piecing up

Pucca bales: The ropes are first cut using an axe and are kept aside for treatment separately. As the jute is packed very tightly, they are loosened by beating with a hammer. Then the bulky layers are split into handfuls by batchers. Each handful is 2 to 3 lbs.

Kutch jute, jute bundles and loose jutes: in this condition the jute of various qualities and colour are mixed together. The fibres are more or less in loose form and so beating is not required. The batchers separate the defected jute and keep it aside to make low grade jute yarn. The pieced out jute is later carried in the form of small bundle to the next process.

Bale cuttings: as the bale cuttings are baled when the roots are wet, they are very hard and are difficult to separate cuttings from the bale. Bale ropes are cut down, bales broken by hammering and the cuttings separated by hand.