LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BureEAvU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, 
Washington, D. C., September 15, 1908. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, and to recommend for 
publication as Bulletin No. 138 of the series of this Bureau, a manu- 
script entitled ‘“‘The Production of Cigar-Wrapper Tobacco under 
Shade in the Connecticut Valley,’ by Mr. J. B. Stewart, of the 
Tobacco Investigations of this Bureau. 
Respectfully, B. T. GaLLoway, 
Chief of Bureau 
Hon. JAMEs WILson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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