LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 Was /ling t&fi, D. 6'., September 27, 1911. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the Special 

 Report on Diseases of Cattle, prepared for reprinting in accordance 

 with the following resolution, approved March 4, 1911 : 



Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled. That there be printed and bound in cloth 

 one hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle, 

 the same to be first revised and brought to date, under the supervision of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, seventy thousand copies for use of the House of 

 Representatives and thirty thousand copies for use of the Senate. 



The original edition of this work was published in 1892, since 

 which time there has been such a demand for copies that several edi- 

 tions have been printed by order of Congress. It was revised in 1904 

 and again in 1908. For the new edition authorized by the foregoing 

 resolution it has been found necessary to make only a few slight 

 changes. 



While the work is of a popular character and is intended primarily 

 for the use of the farmer and the stock owner, it will doubtless also 

 continue to be found useful to the student and the veterinary prac- 

 titioner. 



Ivespectfully, A. D. Melvin, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of AgHeulture. 



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