LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



TJ. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Forestry, 

 Washington, D. C, January 8, 1903. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report entitled " Con- 

 servative lumbering' at Sewanee, Tennessee," prepared by John Foley, 

 field assistant in the Bureau of Forestry, and to recommend its publi- 

 cation as Bulletin No. 39 of this Bureau. The illustrations (of which 

 there are twelve full-page plates) are believed to be necessary to a 

 perfect understanding of the text by the reader. 

 Very respectfully, 



Gifford Pinchot, Forester. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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