Weighing bundles of paper mulberry branches. Weights and amounts and noted down. Historically, using a straw cutter, the long shoots are cut to 80 centimetres, with each bundle becoming around 90 centimetres circumference, and the weight 15 kilograms. These bundles are then placed in locations that do not get direct sunlight such as under the eaves of a house or a cellar and left covered with a straw mat