2. Cotton cultivation and the various causes of damage to the fibre during growing and picking seasons, with the dates of planting and picking in all cotton-growing countries.
3. The mode of preparing the raw material, cotton gins, ginning, packing, &c. Means and methods of adulteration.
4. Commercial handling of the raw material up to the spinning mill.
5. The nature and properties of the various kinds of raw material—Sea Island, Queensland, Fiji, Egyptian, New Orleans, Uplands, Boweds, Dollerah, Hinghinghat, Surat, Brazilian, &c.
6. The selection of, and advisability, or otherwise, of mixing various cottons with a view to the full utilization of every kind.
7. The development of and the principles involved in the construction of the several machines used in cotton spinning.
8. Cleaning cotton by opening, scrutching, carding and combing machines.
9. Processes of attaining a parallel arrangement of fibres by carding, and the attenuation of the sliver through drawing, slubbing, intermediate and finishing roving frames.
10. Spinning operations upon the throstle, mule, and ring frames.