LETTER OF TRANSM1TTAL. 



U.*S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, 

 Washington, D. <?., December 9, 1908. 



SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper on " The Dehorn- 

 ing of Cattle," by Dr. Richard W. Hickman, chief of the Quarantine 

 Division of this Bureau. This article was included in the Twent}^- 

 fourth Annual Report of the Bureau, but in order to make it available 

 for distribution in pamphlet form, in response to requests for informa- 

 tion on this subject, its publication as a Farmers' Bulletin is recom- 

 mended. 



Respectfully, A. D. MELVIN, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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