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can be loaned at a less cost to planters, than the supplies they are now receiving from the Subsistence Department. Another difficulty that I have to contend with at present is, the aversion of the freedpeople to the yellow corn meal, which I am now receiving from the Sub Department, in lieu of Corn. They (the people| refuse to receive it from the planters under the contracts as something they are unaccustomed to, and complain that it makes them sick. I urgently press this request upon your consideration, as I am sure that I can save to the Government largely by adopting the plan suggested. I am General Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant R.K. Scott Brevt Maj Gen'l Asst Com. S.C. L.B. 117 A.C.S.C.