LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department or Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C ., February &£j 1905. 

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

 paper on Range Management in the State of Washington, which em- 

 bodies a report upon investigations conducted in cooperation with the 

 Washington State Experiment Station. 



This paper is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of improve- 

 ment of range lands, and I respectfully recommend that it be issued as 

 Bulletin No. 75 of the Bureau series. 



The accompanying illustrations are necessary to a complete under- 

 standing of the text. 



Respectfully, B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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