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, 
rand 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 an 4 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 OFFICE \ 1915, 
