LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Hon. W. a. Graham, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 Sik: — I submit in manuscript a report covering experiments with 

 cotton on the Edgecombe Test Farm for the years 1903-'09, inclusive, 

 together with a discussion of the results. B. W. Kilgore and C. B. 

 Williams are responsible for the plans and conduct of the work in 

 1903-'07; B. "W. Kilgore and G. M. MacMder, 1907-'09. E. W. Pou 

 and E. W. Scott, Jr., had charge of the culture and handling of the crop 

 and E. L. Worthen and "W. C. Etheridge did the main work in putting 

 the results in tabular form. C. B. Williams is responsible for the con 

 elusions and the writing of it. 



I recommend the publication of this report as the April Bulletin. 

 Very respectfully, 



C. B. Williams, 

 Chief, Division of Agronomy. 

 Approved for printing: 



W. A. Graham, 



Commissioner. 



