LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE, 

 Manila, P. I., April 22, 1903. 



SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as a 

 Farmers' Bulletin of this Bureau, a paper on the cultivation of tobacco. 

 Tobacco occupies a prominent place among the list of exports of the 

 Islands, but the quality of the product is inferior to that formerly grown, 

 and the cultivation of the plant does not receive the attention it should. 

 The cultivation of this profitable crop deserves more widespread atten- 

 tion, for the soil and climatic conditions in many parts of the Philippines 

 are favorable for growing tobacco that can successfully compete with the 

 finest grades produced in the w^-id. To raise tobacco of superior quality, 

 it is necessary that the greatest care and attention should be taken at 

 every stage of growth of the plant, and the present paper is written with 

 the intention of arousing greater interest in the industry and describing 

 some of the more important features of its cultivation. 

 Respectfully, 



CLARENCE W. DORSET, 



Soil Physicist. 

 Prof. F. LA'MSON-SCRIBNER, 



Chief, Bureau of Agriculture. 



