LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. 



OFFICE OF 



THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



Capitol Building, 



Des Moines, Iowa. February 2, 1903. 



To the Members oe The State Board of Agriculture— 



Gentlemen — In compliance with Chapter Fifty- Eight, 



Acts of the Twenty- Eighth General Assembly, creating a 



Department of Agriculture, and Section Ten of said Chapter 



providing for the publication of The Iowa Year Book of 



Agriculture, by the Secretary, I have the honor to transmit 



herewith the third annual "Iowa Year Book of Agriculture," 



for the year 1902. 



JOHN C. SIMPSON, 



Secretary State Board of Agriculture. 



