LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Washington, D. C., January 18, 1898. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as a bulletin of this Bureau, a report on the milk supply of Boston and other cities in the New England States, prepared under the immediate supervision of Maj. Henry E. Alvord, Chief of Dairy Division, by George M. Whitaker, M. A., special agent of that division. Mr. Whitaker is the acting executive officer of the Massachusetts State Dairy Bureau, and has been for some years secretary of the New England Milk Producers' Union. He has made the subject of city milk supply a special study, and this report contains much information of general interest. PLATE I. Map showing the principal sources of the milk supply of the Greater Boston.. II. Fig. 1. Milk train at city terminal, Boston... 2. Interior of milk-receiving sheds, city terminal. III. Fig. 1. Milk depot of Boston contractor............ 2. Interior of milk-contractor's depot, Boston. Frontispiece. 10 10 |