LEITER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives: 



I transmit herewith for the information of the Congress a commu- 

 nication from the Secretary of Agriculture, accompanying the manu- 

 script of a report on the Mexican Cotton-boll Weevil: A Summary of 

 the Results of the Investigation of this Insect up to December 31, 

 1911. (Bulletin Xo. 114, Bureau of Entomology.) 



The report contains valuable information of great public interest 

 to cotton planters of this country and those depending upon the 

 cotton-plant industry, and I cordially indorse the recommendation 

 of the Secretary that the report be printed for distribution by Congress 

 as well as by the department. 



Wm. H. Taft. 



The White House, February 1,.\ 1912. 



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