AOEICULTURE FOR SOUTHEEN SCHOOLS. 29 



answers to the following questions : Why should an ideal or standard 

 of the variety be kept constantly in mind? What are the principal 

 qualities desired in the plant? What defects are to be guarded 

 against ? What qualities in this variety need improvement ? Which 

 of these qualities are antagonistic? Which qualities will it be most 

 profitable to strive to improve at this time? How is improvement 

 secured through selection? 



Note. — The students should be encouraged to use the seed of the plants selected 

 in a breeding plat at home. 



Lesson 33. — Soils and Fertilizers for Cotton. 



1. Soils best suited to cotton. 



2. Improvement and renovation of soils. 



3. Cotton in the rotation. 



4. Fertilizers for cotton. 



Lesson 34. — Planting and Cultivation of Cotton. 



1. Methods of planting. 



2. Methods of tillage. 



3. Tillage implements. 



4. Control of weeds and moisture. 



Lesson 35. — The Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil. 



1. Extent of injury. 



2. Injury to the plant. 



3. Natural history of the insect. 



4. Metliods of control. 



Illustrative material : Mounted specimens showing life history of boll 

 weevil. 



Lesson 36. — Other Insect Enemies and Diseases of Cotton. 



1. The cotton bollworm. 



2. Insects of minor importance. 



3. Diseases of the cotton plant. 



Illustrative material : Mounted specimens of insects. 



Lesson 37. — Harvesting and Marketing Cotton. 



1. Picking. 



2. Ginning. 



3. Baling and compressing. 



4. The cotton market. 



Lesson 38. — Place of Legumes in Southern Farming. 



1. Botany of the Leguminosse. 



2. A' review of symbiosis. 



3. Relation of legumes to stock feeding. 



4. Relation of legumes to soil feeding. 



5. Legumes as food for man. 



Illustrative material : Specimens of representative legumes to show flow- 

 ers and fruit. 



Special references. — The following Farmers' Bulletins : 121, Beans, Peas, 

 and Other Legumes as Food ; 278, Leguminous Crops for Green Manur- 

 ing; U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Yearbook, 1S97, Leguminous Forage 

 Crops. , 



