Bags, Method of Making Bags and Method of Use Thereof for Enveloping Rectangular Bales

A method of enveloping bales of material with closed preformed end-to-end bags provided in an elongate web, wherein the web includes opposing first and second elongate bag walls joined at opposing side edges along the elongate web and includes bag closure seams at spaced distances along the web whereat the opposing first and second elongate bag walls are secured to one another thereby defining said plurality of closed preformed end-to-end bags, said method of enveloping comprising the steps of:

• severing said elongate web between two closed ends and providing a first bag having an open end and a closed end;
• separating said opposing first and second elongate bag walls at said open end;
• inserting a bale into said bag through said open end;
• closing said open end for thereby enveloping the bale in said bag;
• and,
• severing said elongate web between said first bag closed end and another bag closed end prior to inserting a bale in said another bag.