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



List and assign new words related to the cotton industry for spell- 

 ing exercises. 



Language lessons. — Written reports of field observations. Compo- 

 sitions on selection of seed in the field. A careful study of these 

 compositions should be made to the end that the pupils may grow 

 in power to express their ideas truthfully, systematically, adequately, 

 and interestingly. Write letters ordering seed catalogues and asking 

 for the quotation of prices on cotton. In these letters study for cor- 

 rect form, good composition, and for courtesy in expression. 



Drawing. — Make drawings of ideal and faulty specimens of common 

 varieties of cotton grown in the district. Collect, name, and make 

 drawings of common weed and insect pests of cotton. Pupils should 

 be encouraged to illustrate their descriptions by offhand sketches 

 on the blackboard. Make drawings of the important parts of ma- 

 chinery used in cotton culture. In this connection emphasize the 

 learning of the names and uses of implements and their parts. 



History. — Study the history of the varieties of cotton common to 

 the community as to their origin, time, and circumstances of their 

 introduction and the success with which they have been grown. 

 Special attention should be given to the development of the cotton 

 gin and its relation to the cotton industry. The history of cotton in 

 India, Egypt, Persia, the West Indies, and Brazil should be studied 

 carefully. Study the history of weeds, insects, and fungous diseases 

 of cotton as to origin, introduction, spread, damage done, and 

 methods of combating. 



Geography. — Study the commerce of cotton from (1) India to the 

 Mediterranean countries; (2) Mediterranean countries to western 

 Europe; (3) America to western Europe. Prepare maps showing 

 lines of commerce and locate the principal receiving and distributing 

 points for each agricultural product bought and sold. Study the 

 trade that results from the exchange of agricultural products between 

 your State and other States and countries; compare the exports and 

 imports as to quantity, value, and character. 



Arithmetic. — The business of the farm offers the best possible mate- 

 rial for arithmetic study. Develop exercises on the cost of producing 

 one bale of cotton per acre under different methods of farm practice. 

 Problems involving the annual reports of club members should be 

 developed. All business forms used locally, such as receipts, bills, 

 freight bills for fertilizers, etc., should be studied in school. 



"Correlating Agriculture with the Public School Subjects in the 

 Southern States" is the title of Department Bulletin 132, published 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICIO : 1915, 



