LiriTliR OF TRAXSMIITAL. 



U. S. Department of Agrtcut.ture, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Wa.'</if'n(/ton, I). ('., Fehruary J^, lOOlf.. 



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

 Office of Experiment Stations, prepared in accordance with my instruc- 

 tions. This includes a report on the AVf)rk and expenditures of the 

 agricultural experiment stations established under the act of Conoross 

 of ]March 2, 1887, for the fiscal ,year ended June 30, 1903, in com})li- 

 ance with the following provision of the act making- appropi-iations 

 for this Department for the said fiscal year: 



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

 statement required by section three of the said act of March second, eighteen hun- 

 dred and eighty-seven, shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appro- 

 ]>riati(in hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of the said act, and shall 

 make report thereon to Congress. 



Reports are also included on the experiment stations in Alaska, 

 Hawaii, and Porto Rico, which are provided for in the appro])riation 

 act aforesaid and are directl}' managed by this Department. 



If this report is pu])lished by Congress, it is desirable that 5,000 

 copies siiouid be provided for the use of tliis Department, and that 

 provision be made to print such a report anmially. 



I have the honor to bo, sir, your ob(Mli(Mit servant, 



James Wilson, 

 The President. Secretary. 



