wheels 22 24 to follow the contours of the soil into which the cable has been laid the underground cable laying apparatus also includes a cable feed tube 36 used to guide the cable to be laid through the apparatus 10 to facilitate this operation the cable feed tube 36 includes a cable inlet 38 at a forward location of the apparatus 10 that receives the cable from the spool or other holding device if desired the cable feed tube 36 may also include a cable guide 40 positioned above inlet 38 this cable guide 40 may have a diameter larger than the inlet 38 to allow for some play in the cable before it enters inlet 38 the cable feed tube 36 leads down between the turf slicing wheels 14 to a position rearward of the leading edges thereof at this position the cable feed tube outlet 42 dispenses the cable to be laid in the slice in the turf which has been created by the turf slicing wheels 14 16 at this outlet 42 a feed tube support extension member 44 may be provided to add additional stability and support for the end of the cable feed tube 36 fig2 provides a cross sectional illustration of the underground cable laying apparatus 10 illustrated in fig1 as may be seen from.