Progressive Agriculture 97 



soil, from which the humus is derived, may it not 

 be reasonable to expect continued good results, 

 with the right kind of timely tillage? 



In plowing under such stubble as is shown in 

 the disked field referred to, for best results, the 

 soil should be moist and plowed fully 6 inches deep 

 with a moldboard plow that will turn the furrow 

 completely over burying the stubble in the 

 bottom, then follow with the sub-surface packer 

 well weighted. This combined condition and work 

 will pack the soil onto the stubble and so fully 

 obliterate the air spaces that decomposition will 

 soon take place especially if plowed early when 

 the soil is warm and just as soon as the cell 

 structure of the stubble begins to break down and 

 the decomposing bacteria get busy, your condi- 

 tion begins to improve. 



CHAPTER XIII 



CANE FOR HAY AND SILAGE 



That the feed value per ton of cane hay de- 

 pends very much on the time of planting, con- 

 dition of the land when planted, and the time 

 it takes for the crop to grow, there can be no 

 question. With a number of experiments in 1913 

 and eighty especially handled fields in 1914 

 compared with a hundred or more planted in the 

 usual manner, and over a hundred experiments in 

 the wet season of 1915, this question is certainly 

 a most interesting one. We saw a number of 



4 



