LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of Experi:ment Stations, 



Washington, D. (7., July i, 1912. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of 

 the Office of Experiment Stations, the publication of which is 

 authorized by joint resolution of the Fifty-eighth Congress, second 

 session. This includes a report on the work and expenditures of the 

 agricultural experiment stations established under the act of Con- 

 gress of March 2, 1887, and further endowed under the act of 

 Congress of March 16, 1906, for the fiscal year ended June, 30, 1911, 

 in compliance with the following provision of the att making appro- 

 priations for this department for the said fiscal year: 



The Secretaiy of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial 

 statement required under the above acts, ascertain whether the expenditures 

 are in accordance with their provisions, and make report thereon to Congress. 



Very respectfully, 



A. C. True, Director. 



Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



