LETTER OF TRANSMITTAl 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 BUREAU or CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., August 9, 1910. 



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

 by Inspector Bitting, of this Bureau, on an investigation of the 

 methods of preparing cod and other salt fish for the market. A bac- 

 teriological study of causes of reddening accompanies the report, 

 which, it is believed, will increase its interest and practical value. 

 I recommend that this manuscript be published as Bulletin 133 of 

 the Bureau of Chemistry. 

 Respectfully, 



H. W. WILEY, Chief. 



Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



