LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Raleigh, February 8, 1912. 



Sirs: — I beg to submit herewith a manuscript on cotton culture in 

 North Carolina. This is a short general treatise on cotton growing in 

 this State, The materials for this paper have been gathered from vari- 

 ous sources — from work done by this Department, the other Southern 

 Experiment Stations, bulletins of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and the works of a few independent authors, of which I desire to make 

 special mention of the excellent little work by Prof. E. C. Brooks, "The 

 Story of Cotton." 



I recommend the publication of this manuscript as the February 

 bulletin of this Department. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. L. Burgess, 

 Hon. W. a. Graham, Agronomist. 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



