LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agbicijltuke, 



Division of SorLS, 

 Washington, D. C, January 6'. 1900. 

 Sir: In taking up the line of tobacco investigation, authorized by 

 the Fifty-fifth Congress, it was considered desirable to review the 

 work done by the experiment stations. To this end Dr. A. C. True. 

 Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, was requested to have 

 an abstract made of all such work and he detailed Mr. J. I. Schulte of 

 that office to compile this data. 



As I believe the results of the experiment station work thus brought 

 together will be of value to the stations in planning further, more sys- 

 tematic, and more comprehensive work, and as they will also be of 

 interest to tobacco men. I recommend that the accompanying manu- 

 script be published as Report No. 63 of this Department. 

 Respectfully. 



Milton Whitney. 



( %ief of Division^ 

 A/ charge of Tobacco Investigation. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



S retary of Agriculture. 



