LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Hon. W. a. Graham, 



Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 Raleigh, N. C. 



Sir : — I beg to submit herewith a manuscript, a revision of Bulletin 

 No. 8, discussing, in a brief way, some of the different lines of progress 

 of agriculture in JN'orth Carolina during the recent past. To those who 

 desire a full discussion of the agricultural development of the State this 

 Bulletiji will be painfully brief; but we have only to point out that it 

 would require a good-sized volume to do the subject justice, and that 

 the time at our command and the space allotted to us would not permit 

 a fuller discussion of the subject. We have been able, therefore, in this 

 paper to call attention to only a few things among the many that cause 

 Worth Carolina to stand out prominently above many other states. 



In the last part of the paper is found a brief discussion of the amount 

 of food and feed products shipped into the State during 1913. Most of 

 the data for this part of the paper were obtained from the books of the 

 different railway comjoanies doing an interstate business in North Caro- 

 lina. 



I recommend the publication of this manuscript as a supplement from 

 the Botany and Agronomy Division to the November Bulletin of this 

 Department. Respectfully submitted, 



J. L. BUEGESS, 



Approved : Agronomist and Botanist. 



W. A. Graham, 



Commissioner. 



