14 BULLETIN 294, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ing mule. Also prepare fertilizer formulas, which will include cotton- 

 seed meal for the common truck crops and cereals as well as for cotton. 

 References.— Farmers' Buls. 22, 36, 170, 346, 410; Office of Experi- 

 ment Stations Bui. 33, pp. 385-421. 



LESSON XIV. 



Subject. — Cotton and its products. 



Topics for study. — Agricultural products of cotton. Manufactured 

 products of cotton. By-products of cotton. 



Exercises. — Which removes the most plant foods from the soil — 

 cotton that yields 1,000 pounds of seed cotton per acre or corn that 

 yields 25 bushels to the acre, the stalks and leaves left on the land 

 in both cases ? In comparative valuations of feeding stuffs to what 

 extent in per cent does cottonseed meal exceed corn meal? In one 

 ton of cotton seed how many pounds are there of hulls, meal, and oil ? 



References. — Farmers' Buls. 36, 286; Office of Experiment Sta- 

 tions Bui. 33, pp. 365-380. 



EXHIBITS, REWARDS, AND ORGANIZATION FOR CLUBS. 



Since the rural schools have begun to teach agriculture a wide and 

 useful field for school exhibits has come into existence. Many 

 teachers are using exhibits as the best means of calling the attention 

 of their respective communities to the work that is being done in 

 agriculture. It is well to hold an exhibit in the schoolhouse at the 

 close of the contests and invite parents and others interested in school 

 work to attend. Before an exhibit should be allowed to enter a 

 contest or school credit given for a home project in cotton, a report 

 similar to that given below should be kept and presented in good 

 condition with the exhibit. 



For information and suggestions on rewards or prizes as well as 

 organization of clubs write your State agricultural college. 



Record blank for club ])rojtct in cotton. 



CROP. 



Season Class Variety Plants per aero 



Character of soil Crop for 5 years past 



soil PREPARATION. 



Date of plowing Dates of cultivation 



Imp lenient used Implements used 



Depth plowed Cost of preparing seed bed 



Cost of plowing Condition of land when seeded. 



CROP SEEDING AND CULTIVATION. 



Variety of cotton planted Vmuiint of fertilizer per acre.. . 



Date of planting Cost of fertilizer 



1 o i of seed and seeding Dales of cultivation 



Per 'ei 1 1 of si and Implements used 



Distance be1 ween rows Cost of cultivation 



Distance between hills Kind of fertilizer 



