﻿.AT 
  .ONAL 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  PARK 
  

  

  RECEIVED 
  

  

  APR 
  28 
  1905 
  

  

  FILE 
  No. 
  

  

  LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL. 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agkicultttre, 
  

  

  Biological 
  Survey, 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C 
  ., 
  March 
  23, 
  1905. 
  

   Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  transmit 
  herewith 
  for 
  publication 
  as 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  20 
  of 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  Coyotes 
  in 
  their 
  

   Economic 
  Relations, 
  prepared 
  by 
  David 
  E. 
  Lantz, 
  assistant. 
  The 
  

   subject 
  is 
  of 
  immediate 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  sheep 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  West, 
  

   where 
  the 
  wasteful 
  method 
  of 
  sheep 
  herding 
  prevails. 
  If 
  in 
  the 
  range 
  

   country 
  sheep 
  can 
  be 
  fenced 
  with 
  coyote-proof 
  fencing 
  at 
  moderate 
  

   cost, 
  as 
  seems 
  probable, 
  herding 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  away 
  with 
  and 
  the 
  sus- 
  

   taining 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  lands 
  thereby 
  

   Respectfully, 
  

  

  greatly 
  increased. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  C. 
  Hart 
  Merriam, 
  

  

  Chief, 
  Biological 
  Survey. 
  

  

  