LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., May 9, 1912. 



SIR: I transmit herewith for your inspection and approval the 

 results of a study on the making of pulp, paper, turpentine, rosin oil, 

 and methyl alcohol from waste resinous wood, made in this bureau 

 by F. P. Veitch and J. L. Merrill. It is believed that the simultaneous 

 production of these articles from resinous wood is one of the most 

 promising lines of industrial development which, up to the present 

 time, has remained practically untouched, and that the upbuilding 

 of chemical industries in the South and Northwest, close to the raw 

 materials, will be of great benefit to the agricultural interests of these 

 regions. 



I recommend that the report be published as Bulletin No. 159 of 

 the Bureau of Chemistry. 

 Respectfully, 



E. E. DOOLITTLE, 



Acting Ohief of Bureau. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



