LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department or Agriculture, 



Forest Service, 

 Washington, D. C, October 28, 1908. 

 Sir: Believing that the Declaration of Governors adopted at the 

 recent conference on conservation of our natural resources is 

 worthy of the widest circulation among the people, and that it will 

 do more than anything else that could be published to arouse a pop- 

 ular, interest in this very important subject, I respectfully recom- 

 mend its issuance as a Farmers' Bulletin. 

 Respectfully, 



GiFFORD PiNCHOr, 



Forester. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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