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on the reel, can get the substance, dandy register and drying right, and by the
time the colour has been approved the paper is correct. A fresh reel can then
be started and the first piece torn up.
Most paper-makers are unwilling to tear up as broke any paper that has
.been run on the reel, and are tempted to let the doubtful start go through
in the hope that some of it will be good. But if the paper is intended for tub-
sizing it must be remembered that the size used for the bad sheets is waste,
and so is the labour of cutting and sorting.
In the following operations of tub-sizing, drying, etc., close attention on
the part of the workers Is necessary at all times to prevent blemishes and breaks.
Slips or sheets, torn from the reel at the machine, are frequent causes of broke,
and the fewest possible should be taken by the machlnemen, and these should
be flagged.
• Broke must not be allowed to be about on the floors to be trodden on
and thus rendered useless for repulping; cleanliness of the floors, machinery
and the hands of those who touch the paper Is Imperative.