﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL. 
  XI 
  

  

  being 
  enlarged 
  during 
  the 
  third 
  year 
  of 
  its 
  labors, 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  divided, 
  

   .and 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Kile}* 
  should 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   Southern 
  States 
  relating 
  to 
  insects 
  affecting 
  cotton, 
  while 
  Messrs. 
  

   Packard 
  and 
  Thomas 
  should 
  continue 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  Northwest 
  relating 
  to 
  

   the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  Locust, 
  and, 
  in 
  addition, 
  prepare 
  two 
  bulletins, 
  

   one 
  by 
  the 
  former 
  on 
  the 
  Hessian 
  Fly, 
  and 
  one 
  by 
  the 
  latter 
  on 
  the 
  

   Chinch 
  Bug, 
  two 
  insects 
  of 
  vast 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  farming 
  

   community. 
  These 
  have 
  been 
  prepared, 
  as 
  also 
  an 
  elaborate 
  one 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Eiley 
  on 
  the 
  Cotton-worm, 
  containing 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  labors 
  in 
  

   the 
  South. 
  The 
  present 
  report 
  deals 
  more 
  particularly 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  

   phase 
  of 
  the 
  locust 
  question, 
  and 
  in 
  transmitting 
  it 
  we 
  recommend 
  to 
  

   your 
  consideration, 
  and 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Congress, 
  our 
  conclusions 
  in 
  the 
  

   closing 
  chapter 
  and 
  our 
  recommendations 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  encouraging 
  

   settlement, 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  railroads, 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  broader 
  schemes 
  

   of 
  irrigation, 
  of 
  judicious 
  burning, 
  of 
  co-operation 
  with 
  the 
  Dominion 
  

   Government 
  in 
  its 
  efforts 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction, 
  and 
  particularly 
  of 
  a 
  

   permanent 
  system 
  of 
  observations 
  and 
  warnings, 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  under 
  

   the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Chief 
  Signal 
  Officer. 
  

  

  The 
  interest 
  felt 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  increasing 
  number 
  of 
  letters 
  asking 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  subjects 
  

   with 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  charged, 
  and 
  an 
  extensive 
  correspond- 
  

   ence 
  with 
  parties 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  has 
  consequently 
  been 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  on 
  at 
  headquarters, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  special 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commission. 
  

  

  We 
  take 
  this 
  occasion 
  to 
  thank 
  you 
  for 
  the 
  cordial 
  encouragement 
  

   and 
  assistance 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  given 
  us 
  in 
  our 
  labors. 
  

  

  With 
  some 
  pride 
  in 
  the 
  knowledge 
  that 
  events 
  have 
  fully 
  justified 
  the 
  

   conclusions 
  and 
  predictions 
  -a 
  e 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  

   year 
  — 
  based 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  upon 
  the 
  comparatively 
  limited 
  observations 
  

   which 
  time 
  and 
  means 
  have 
  allowed 
  — 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  conviction 
  that 
  the 
  

   carrying 
  out, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  practicable, 
  of 
  the 
  suggestions 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  our 
  

   previous 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  will 
  tend 
  to 
  a 
  material 
  abatement 
  of 
  the 
  

   national 
  evil 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  studying, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  remain, 
  

   Very 
  respectfully, 
  your 
  obedient 
  servants, 
  

  

  CHAELES 
  V. 
  EILEY, 
  

   A. 
  S. 
  PACKARD, 
  Jr., 
  

   CYEUS 
  THOMAS. 
  

   Hon. 
  Carl 
  Schurz, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Interior. 
  

  

  