LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Publications, 

 Washington, D. C, August 27, 1908. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of the 

 Index to the Yearbooks of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, 1901-1905, prepared by Mr. Charles H. Greathouse, assistant in 

 charge of indexing in this Division, and to recommend the publication 

 of the same as Bulletin No. 9 of the Division of Publications. Indexes 

 of the Annual Reports of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1837-1893, 

 and the Yearbooks, 1894-1900, have already been published as Bulle- 

 tins Nos. 1 and 8, and the present index is a continuation of those 

 bulletins. It gives me pleasure to concur in Mr. Greathouse's request 

 that due credit be given to Mrs. Laura B. Lawson and Mrs. Mary A. E. 

 Smith, of the Index Section, for skilled assistance in making the index 

 now offered. 



It is the purpose to publish a supplementary general index every 

 five or every ten years, as may prove advisable. 

 Very respectfully, 



Geo. Wm. Hill. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



