LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, April 15, 1905. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of a 

 lechnical paper entitled "Improving the Quahty of Wheat," pre- 

 pared by Dr. T. L. Lyon, Agriculturist of the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of Nebraska, who, as a collaborator of this Bureau, is in 

 charge of the cooperatiye breeding experiments conducted by the 

 Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and the Department of 

 Agriculture, and I recommend its publication as Bulletin No. 78 of 

 the series of this Bureau. 



Respectfully, B. T. Galloway, 



Cli ief of Bureau . 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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