LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. DeparrmMent or AGRICULTURE, 
3UREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., June 29, 1912. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of 
a paper by Mr. W. D. Hunter, in charge of southern field crop 
insect investigations in this bureau, dealing with the boll weevil, 
especially with reference to means of reducing its damage. This 
manuscript is a revision of Farmers’ Bulletin 344, issued January 23, 
1909, and is intended to supersede that publication. The data have 
been revised, certain new matter has been added, and the paper now 
includes results of investigations carried on since the original date 
of publication of Farmers’ Bulletin 344. I recommend that this 
manuscript be published as a Farmers’ Bulletin. 
Respectfully, 
L. O. Howarp, 
Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. James WIson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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