LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF STATISTICS, 

 Washington, D. C., June 20, 1912. 



SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a compilation of 

 statistics of the exports of farm and forest products from the United 

 States for the year ending June 30, 1911, with those for two previous 

 years given for comparison. The data have been derived from the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, 

 and the work of compiling has been done by the Division of Pro- 

 duction and Distribution, Bureau of Statistics, Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



This report is a continuation of a series of bulletins on the same 

 subject designed for the use of this department and to meet the 

 demands of a large number of correspondents. They contain an 

 arrangement of the statistics and a determination of totals, with 

 various comparisons, not presented in any other publication. 



It is respectfully recommended that this report be published as 

 Bulletin 96 of this bureau. 



Very respectfully, VICTOR H. OLMSTED, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



