PEATE Ol WANS EEA: 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF SOILS, 
Washington, D. C., March 24, 1900. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript concerning 
some physiological studies of Connecticut leaf tobacco by Dr. Oscar 
Loew, of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology. These 
investigations are in continuation of the cooperative work between 
this Division and the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology 
in carrying out in the broadest sense the tobacco investigations author- 
ized by Congress and in the critical and exhaustive study of the possi- 
bilities of the soils of the Connecticut Valley. 
Respectfully, 
MILTON WHITNEY, 
Chief of Division. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
