500 



SOUTUEUN FIELD CROPS 



the cutting and hauling of the crop. Whatever areas are 

 not planted in the fall or early winter are planted in Feb- 

 ruary or March, using cane that has been protected 

 throughout the winter in windrows. 



Fall planting is usually considered better than spring 

 planting, the former affording an earlier growth and a 



Fig. 21U. — Uxe Fokm of Cane Lo.vdee. 



larger harvest. In Louisiana the entire uncut stalk is 

 used for seed. In some warm coiuitries the tops are 

 planted as soon as cut, thus utilizing for jilanting that part 

 of the jjlant which is of least \'alue for sugar-making. 



485. Planting in the pine-belt. — The land is plowed 

 into t^eds 5 or feet wide. In the water-furrow is strewn 

 commercial fertihzer, or frequently 25 to 50 bushels of 



