Abstract: A bale bagging apparatus for placing a bag having an open end and a closed end over an elongated bale transported transversely along a conveyor, the apparatus having a stop reciprocable toward and from the bale to retain the bale at a bagging station along the conveyor; an open ended sleeve adapted to receive the bag externally and to telescope over the bale, the sleeve reciprocating in a path which is normal to the conveyor and extends across the station from a bag receiving position to a stripped position; and elements for stopping movement of the bale along the conveyor when the bale is aligned with the sleeve, so that a stroke of the sleeve from the receiving position into the stripped position strips the bag from the sleeve over the bale.