LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. <?., April 28, 1906. 



SIR: I beg to submit for your inspection and approval the results 

 of the investigations which have been made in this Bureau to deter- 

 mine the effect of salicylic acid and salicylates upon digestion and 

 health. The work is a continuation in plan of that described in Part 

 I of Bulletin 84, devoted to boric acid and borax. I recommend that 

 the report be published as Part II of Bulletin 84. 

 Respectfully, 



H. W. WILEY, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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