LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. . 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, 
Washington, D. C., October 17, 1902. 
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper on ‘* Cultivated 
Forage Crops of the Northwestern States,” and respectfully recom- 
mend that it be published as Bulletin No. 31 of the series of this 
Bureau. | 
This paper was prepared by Mr. A. 8. Hitchcock, Assistant Agros- 
tologist, in Charge of Cooperative Experiments, Grass and Forage 
Plant Investigations, and has been submitted with a view to publica- 
tion by the Agrostologist. 
Respectfully, : 
B. T. Gattoway, 
Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. James WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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