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the other to the left, and adjustable to the desired depth and width 

 apart. The wheels run in the furrows between the rows just ahead 

 of the plows and press down the trash so that it is easily covered. A 

 valuable improvement could be made on this implement by putting 

 two or three hay rake teeth on each side of the pole so as to rake 

 all of the trash away from the stubble, throw it under the wheels and 

 thus secure thorough covering. The teeth should be arranged one 

 slightly behind the other from the pole out and be provided with hand 

 or foot levers for dumping them in case of clogging. 



Another necessary implement for this work is the stubble shaver. 



Fig. 13. — Three-cylinder stubble or ratoon digger. (Avery.) 



It runs on four wheels, carries two horizontal disks overlapping each 

 other, sometimes a vertical disk in front of these and a "V" shaped 

 steel drag behind them. When driven along a row of cane stubble 

 the vertical disk splits the roots and dirt in the center of the ridge, 

 the horizontal disks cut it down to any desired height and the drag, 

 the apex of which follows the line cut by the vertical disk, throws 

 the cut stubble to the middle of the rows. 



After barring off the stubble shaver should be run over the rows so 

 that the horizontal disks will cut the root stocks down to a few eyes 

 at the bottom. In the tropical countries soils tend to pack down very 



