82 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, 

 SOIL SURVEY, AND FAIRS. 



Reclamation. 

 The work of the Division of Reclamation has been this year 

 combined with that of the State Drainage Board, the Director 

 of the Division being also secretary of the Board. The report 

 of the Board follows: — 



Repoet of State Drainage Board. 



The personnel of the Board for 1922 has been the same as for 

 1921, Mr. Warren C. Jewett of Worcester, chairman, represent- 

 ing the Department of Health, and Mr. Leslie R. Smith of Had- 

 ley, secretary, representing the Department of Agriculture. 



The work of the Board has increased rapidly during 1922. 

 Six new petitions to form drainage districts have been received 

 since the last report, and all but one of those projects have been 

 examined. Inquiries leading toward the formation of six addi- 

 tional districts have also been received and answered. Three 

 new district organizations have been completed and constructive 

 work on two projects started. The Board has also prepared 

 for the guidance of districts, standard forms for district articles 

 of association, for district by-laws, for petitions to county com- 

 missioners and for meeting calls. Two hundred copies of the 

 amended law with accompanying explanations were printed and 

 have been nearly all distributed to interested persons. The 

 Board has held 7 public hearings and made 8 engineer examina- 

 tions on projects this year. The Board has furnished advice to 

 the districts on organization and on design of proposed structures, 

 and has conferred with the officers of various departments of 

 the United States, the State, the counties and of some railroads 

 in the interests of these districts. 



Projects on which petitions have been received are noted below. 

 The organization of five of these has been authorized by the 

 State Secretary. 



