wood chips of 0.5 cm wide were collected. then, equal quantily of wood chips was mixed with wheat straw. 10 l of water was taken in a bucket and two cups of bleaching solution were added to the water. wheat straw and wood chips were added to this bleached water and allowed/to hydrate for about an hour, then striing was done. after an hour, wheat straw and wood chips were taken out and were separated under shade to remove the extra water. then loading of polythene bags was done