LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



MANILA, P. I., August 15, 1902. 



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

 tin of this Bureau a manuscript on modern methods of rice culture. 



Eice as an article of food occupies the same position in the Philippines 

 that wheat does in America and Europe, and it is eminently proper, 

 therefore, that its culture should receive considerable attention from this 

 Bureau. Especially is this the case when we take into consideration the 

 fact that 375,784,891 pounds are annually imported into these Islands, 

 representing an aggregate of $4,178,912 gold, and that this sum of money 

 could easily be kept in this country for its industrial development if 

 rational, up-to-date systems of rice culture were introduced. 

 Respectfully, 



WILFRED J. BOUDREAU, 

 In Charge of Eice and Cane Investigations. 



F. LiAMSON-SCREBNER, 



Chief of Bureau of Agriculture. 

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