LESSONS ON COTTON FOR RURAL COMMON SCHOOLS. 



HARVEST AND YIELD. 



Date of harvest Yield in seed cotton 



15 



Days from seeding to harvest Cost of harvest 



Remarks : 







Approved : 



Student. Age 



Post office ■- - 



Teacher. 

 ..School. 



County 



Estimate the rental of your land at $5 per acre and your time at 10 cents per hour. 

 Count all commercial fertilizers at actual cost, and homemade manures at $2 for a 

 2-horse load of about 50 bushels, and $1 for a 1-horse load of 25 or 30 bushels. 



EXPENSES. 



Rent of land $ 



Preparation of seed bed : 



hours of horse labor, at 5 cents an hour for each horse 



boys' labor, at 10 cents an hour for each 



Cost of seed 



Cost of planting, boy' s own labor hours, at 10 cents per hour 



Cost of manure 



Cost of f ertllizer, pounds, at % per ton 



Cost of cultivation: 



hours of horse labor, at 5 cents an hour, each horse 



hours of boys' labor, at 10 cents an hom* 



Cost of gathering : 



hours of boys' labor, at 10 cents an hour for each 



Cost of ginning, baling, and marketing 



Total cost. 



Total value of lint, pounds, at . . . 



Total value of cotton seed, ■ pounds, at 



Total receipts 



Net profit 



We, the committee, hereby certify that we have measured the cotton of : 



of on this day of 19 , and that the following statements are cor- 

 rect: Length of plat, yards, feet; width of plat, yards, feet; area 



of plat, acres. The amount of cotton obtained. pounds, in the measured 



plat. 





SUGGESTIVE CORRELATIONS. 



Reading and spelling. — The Farmers' Bulletins, the bulletins and 

 circulars of the State college of agriculture, and the books that are 

 consulted in connection with the study of the various questions raised 

 while studying the subject of cotton will all give reading material of 

 the best kind. Magazine articles and articles in the farm papers 

 should be used freely for reading and discussion. 



