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"The Bordeaux is forced through a nozzle which 

 throws a very fine spraj- or mist. The nozzle should be 

 kept moving over the vine and under the leaves until 

 every part of the vine has been wet wdth solution. 

 When the solution begins to drip from the leaves very 

 much, the spray is stopped. 



"The barrel spray-pump costs about fourteen dollars, 

 and, when properly cared for, can be used for a number 

 of years. Hand-pum[)s can be had for less money, but if 

 there is much spraying to be done it will be much 

 cheaper and far more satisfactory to use the barrel- 

 pump." (Bulletin No. 58, S. C. Experiment Station.) 



FIGS 



While this is one of the most easily grown and deli- 

 cious of our fruits, and practicallj' exempt from fungous 

 and insect enemies, it is rarely found about our farm 

 homes. The June -bug attacks it in the ripe stage. 

 This bug, owing to its fondness for the fig, is known 

 at Savannah, Georgia, as "fig-eater," pronounced 

 "figater." 



The figs, when properly packed, will bear long-dis- 

 tance transportation, and, by shipping in strawberry 

 baskets carefully packed in crates, they will keep 

 about as well as berries. I have sold them in Atlanta 

 at seventy-five cents per peck, and the demand always 

 exceeded the supply. 



Prop(fg(ffion. — The fig grows readily from cuttings, 

 and there are generally rooted layers around old trees 

 which can be had for the asking. In November the 



