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6. That boys' and girls' sheep and Iamb clubs be generally estab- 

 lished. 



7. That banks and business organizations be urged to give liberal 

 financial assistance to such clubs and to such farmers as need and are 

 worthy of such assistance. 



8. That a committee be appointed, consisting of two representatives 

 from each New England and New York State, to make a survey of con- 

 ditions of the industry, to report on same and also to consider means 

 to obtain uniform dog laws. 



It would seem, with all interests united on a conservation 

 policy for restocking our pastures wnth sheep, that there would 

 be a fair chance of success. I recommend that the Board sup- 

 port the law as drawn by the Dog Commission. 



The Joint Drainage Board. 



The creation by the last Legislature, under chapter 212, 

 General Acts of 1917, of the Joint Board of Health and Agri- 

 culture to investigate the problem of drainage in the State 

 gives a slight impetus to this very important problem, the size 

 of which is not recognized as yet to any sufficient degree; and 

 the appropriation of only $2,000 for the work gave the Board 

 but little with which to accomplish results. 



The Board was organized by the appointment on the part of 

 this Board of its drainage committee, and on the part of the 

 Health Commissioner of Messrs. Allan J. McLaughlin, M.D., 

 John T. Wheelwright and George C. Whipple. Mr. Henry M. 

 Howard was elected chairman, Wilfrid Wheeler, secretary, and 

 X. H. Goodnough, engineer. 



The Board has had but one meeting, as a whole, and one 

 hearing. But the chairman, secretary and engineer have been 

 in close touch with several problems, and have done much in- 

 vestigational work. 



The Board was fortunate in securing from the United States 

 Department of Agriculture the services for three months of 

 Dr. A. P. Dachnowski on a co-operative basis of payment. 

 This has resulted in a very close study of the various types of 

 soil in our very varied soil problems connected with this work, 

 and it is expected that Dr. Dachnowski's report will serve as a 

 basis in directing our work for the future in such sections as 



