LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., August 27, 1907. 



SIR: I have the honor to submit for your approval a report giving 

 the results obtained in an investigation, of the composition of com- 

 mercial feeding stuffs sold on the American market, which has been 

 made in the miscellaneous laboratory of this Bureau, according 

 to law. The investigation was undertaken in order that we might 

 efficiently answer the many inquiries received at the Bureau for 

 information regarding this class of goods. As the results are of 

 general interest, I recommend that the report be published as Bulletin 

 108 of the Bureau of Chemistry. 



Respectfully, W. D. BIGELOW, 



Acting OTiief of Bureau. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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