LESSONS ON COTTON FOR RURAL COMMON SCHOOLS. 15 
HARVEST AND YIELD. 
Date of harvest Yield in seed cotton. 
Days from seeding to harvest Cost of harvest. 
Remarks: \ 
Approved: . .Teacher. 
Student. Age 
Post office 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 fertilizer, — - 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 hour 
Cost of gathering: 
hours of boys' labor, at 10 cents an hour for each 
Cost of ginning, baling, and marketing 
Total cost. $ 
RECEIPTS. 
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. 
