UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



AJ^r^U. 



BULLETIN No. 294 V 



Contribution from States Relations Service 

 A. C. TRUE, Director 



S&f&St, 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



September 30, 1915 



LESSONS ON COTTON FOR THE RURAL COMMON 



SCHOOLS. 



By C. H. Lane, 

 Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education, States Relations Service. 



INTRODUCTION. 



In the cotton States the importance of elementary agriculture as a 

 school subject is very generally recognized, and it is now being taught 

 to a greater or less extent in a large proportion of the rural schools. 

 More and more it is becoming a part of the daily program of the 

 schools. 



It is hoped that these lessons, exercises, and references on the grow- 

 ing of cotton, based on economic production and properly supervised, 

 may serve as a supplement to the organized school work in elementary 

 agriculture, contributing in a very definite way elements that can be 

 obtained by no other means. 



The application of the lessons as outlined here will put the boy 

 at actual farm problems where the expenditure of more or less money 

 is necessary and where profitable incomes may be expected. Thus, 

 through textbook instruction, laboratory exercises, correlations, and 

 practical work in the growing of cotton on the home farm, this bulletin 

 will aid in developing the real educational value of this study. 



LESSON I. 



Subject. — Varieties of cotton. 



Topics for study. — Points of difference between the following 

 prominent and typical varieties of cotton: Cook Improved, Cleveland 

 Big Boll, Triumph, Truitt, Lone Star, Rowden, Foster, Snownake, 

 Jackson, Trice, Griffin, Express, Russell, Columbia, Durango, and 

 Georgia Big Boll. How many of these varieties are grown in your 

 school district? Which has proved most profitable? Compare 

 one of these varieties with some local variety not found in the list. 



Note. — This bulletin furnishes elementary lessons on cotton and is of interest to rural school teachers 

 in the Southern States. 



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