THE HUSBANDRY OF THE CANE 



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sugar industry in forming the furrows in which the cane is planted, in opening 

 irrigation channels, in " bursting out " the middle of the cane rows, and in 

 between the tows in voung canes. 



turning over weed 



Fig. 31 



Disc Ploughs. — The essential part of the disc plough {Fig. 29) is the 

 revolving discs ; these are of concave shape and revolve about their centre, 

 the sHce of soil being turned over b}- the action of the concavity of the disc. 



Fig. 32 



The disc principle was originally de\dsed to lessen the draft on the plough, 

 and these ploughs find use in tenacious soils, where the mould-board plough 

 v\nll not scour properly, and in very hard lands where it is not possible to 



