LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, D. C. , January 25, 1902. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of 

 the Office of Experiment Stations, prepared in accordance with my 

 instructions. This includes a report on the work and expenditures 

 of the agricultural experiment stations established under the act of 

 Congress of March, 2, 1887, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, 

 in compliance with the following provision of the act making appro- 

 priations for this Department for the said fiscal year: 



The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial state- 

 ment required by section three of the said act of March second, eighteen hundred 

 and eighty-seven, shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropriation 

 hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of the said act, and shall make 

 report thereon to Congress. 



Reports are also included on the experiment stations in Alaska, 

 Hawaii, and Porto Rico, which are provided for in the appropriation 

 act aforesaid and are directly managed by this Department. 



If this report is published by Congress it is desirable that 6,000 

 copies should be provided for the use of this Department, and that 

 provision be made to print such a report annually. 



1 have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, 



James Wilson, 



Secretary, 

 The President. 



