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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
2. What are the leading cotton producing states? 
3. Name six varieties of cotton. Which is best adapted to 
your section? Why should the farmers of your section raise 
the same kind of cotton? 
4. What kind of soil and climate is best suited for cotton? 
5. Tell how to prepare soil for cotton. Give four advantages 
of fall plowing. 
6. Explain two methods of planting cotton. Also state the 
proper time to plant cotton seed and the amount to plant to 
the acre. 
7. How should the cotton be thinned? 
8. Tell how to cultivate cottoft. 
9. Name the three classes of farm manures and fertilizers. 
Also give examples of each. 
10. When did the boll weevil enter the United States? What 
is the government doing to eradicate the pest? 
11. What preventive measures should the farmer follow in 
controlling the boll weevil? 
12. Why should cotton be harvested as soon as it opens? 
13. Give the standard weight and dimensions of a bale of * 
cotton as it leaves the gin. 
14. Tell how farmers may keep their seed pure. 
15. Why is it not profitable to market cotton in the seed? 
16. Tell how lint cotton and cottonseed are marketed. 
PRACTICAL WORK 
Exercise 1 
Object: To study .samples of ginned cotton, cottonseed, and 
the by-products of cottonseed. 
Material: Sample of cotton, cottonseed meal, cottonseed 
hulls, cottonseed oil, and linter. 
Procedure: Examine four or five samples of ginned cotton 
for stain, dirt, trash, and length of the fiber. Compare the color 
and size of the different samples of cottonseed. Describe the 
by-products of cottonseed. Find out the uses of each. Test 
samples of cottonseed for vitality by using the “rag don” seed 
tester. How long does it take cottonseed to germinate? 
Results: Write out a report of your study of cotton, cotton¬ 
seed, and the by-products of cottonseed. 
