LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU or CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., August 15, 1910. 



SIR: The accompanying report on " Studies of Poultry from the 

 Farm to the Consumer " is presented for publication as a circular of 

 this Bureau, in the belief that the data set forth are of great interest 

 and usefulness to scientists working along these lines and to the 

 many industries involved in the production and handling of these 

 commodities. The report includes a review of the scientific work 

 done on this subject, which is as yet very limited ; a statement of the 

 industrial application of refrigeration to the handling of dressed 

 poultry and eggs, based on a careful study of existing conditions; 

 and a very suggestive section on the application of the scientific data 

 so far obtained to industrial uses. I recommend the publication of 

 this report as Circular 64 of the Bureau of Chemistry. 

 Respectfully, 



H. W. WILEY, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



[Cir. 64] 



