LE'ITliR or TRAXSMITTAL 



U. S. Depautmknt <»k A(;uiculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of tup: Chief, 

 W,ish;„</t<>n, J), r.. March Z^, i-W//-. 

 Sir: 1 have tho honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled "'Pas- 

 ture, ]\Iea(l()w. and Fora^(> Crops in Nebraska," and respectfully recom- 

 mend that it be published as P>ulletin No. 5<) of the series of this Bureau. 

 This paper was prepared by Mr. T. L. Lyon, Aoriculturist of the 

 Ncl)raska Experiment Station, and Mr. A. S. Hitchcock, Assistant 

 Agrostologist, in Charge of Cooperative Experiments, Grass and 

 Forage Plant Investicrations, and has been submitted ])y the AgTOS- 

 tohigist with a view to publication. 



The illustrations, consisting of six half-tone plates and eight text 

 figures, are necessarv to a full understanding of the text. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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