LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., October 1, 1906. 



. SIR: I beg to submit for publication a statement as to the uses of 

 industrial alcohol, especially such as are of direct interest to the 

 farmer, and some statistics relating thereto which are of value as 

 showing the possibilities in the development of this industry. I 

 recommend that this report be published as Farmers' Bulletin No. 

 269; in Farmers' Bulletin No. 268 will be found a description of the 

 sources from which industrial alcohol can be made and the methods 

 of manufacture. Certain text figures in the present bulletin are 

 reproduced from drawings made from illustrations in several publi- 

 cations, namely: Die Verwertung des Spiritus fur technische Zwecke; 

 Scientific American Supplement, October 25, 1902; and Spiritus- 

 kraftwagen fur den landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb, to which this 

 acknowledgment is due. 

 Respectfully, 



H. W. WILEY, 

 Ohief, Bureau of Chemistry. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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