LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BureEAv oF PLant INpDusTRY, 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, 
Washington, D. C, February 16, 1912. 
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 
“The Export and Manufacturing Tobaccos of the United States, 
with Brief Reference to the Cigar Types,” by Mr. E. H. Mathewson, 
Crop. Technologist in the Office of Tobacco Investigations, and 
recommend that it be published as Bulletin 244 of the series of 
this Bureau. 
The manuscript was prepared in response to a long-felt need for a 
general study of the tobacco-growing industry as a whole, so that the 
various types of tobacco produced in the United States may be 
understood in proper relation to each other and to the tobacco trade 
as a whole. , 
The accompanying maps, indicating the location of the different 
tobacco districts, are regarded as a particularly valuable feature of 
the bulletin, and it is in response to a specific demand for such maps 
from the trade as a whole that they have been prepared for publica- 
tion. 
Respectfully, B. T. GALLoway, 
| Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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