Abstract: There is disclosed a bale wrapper apparatus (10) which can apply stretchable plastics film around a round-bale (17) and which comprises a main frame (13) which can be coupled to the front or rear of a propelling vehicle (12), a turntable (16) mounted on the main frame (13) and adapted to receive a round-bale (17) thereon with its axis (18) extending substantially horizontally, means (19, 20) for rotating the bale (17) about its axis (18), and means for rotating the turntable (16) about a vertical axis (21) so that film withdrawn from a film dispenser reel (not shown) can automatically apply air tight wrapping around the bale upon rotation of the bale about its axis (18) and rotation of the turntable about axis (21). An automatic film applicator (not shown) is mounted on the turntable and automatically cuts the film after a bale has been wrapped, and holds the cut end to apply this to a newly deposited bale on the turntable.

Abstract: There is disclosed a device for chopping-up bulk material and particularly long stem animal feed material and which comprises: a frame; an elongate cutter body mounted in said frame for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis; cutter blades mounted on the outer periphery of the cutter body; an elongate housing extending partly around said cutter body, said housing defining an inlet which extends substantially throughout the length of the cutter body to admit bulk material to be chopped and an outlet for discharging chopped up material after treatment by the blades of the rotating cutter body; a feeder device arranged on the frame and operable to support and to feed the bulk material to the housing inlet; and, a grill arranged at the inlet so as to control the supply of material to the cutter body.