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Identifier: birdlore151913nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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protection during the year. He has also been active in securing addi-tional members for the Association. He is one of our most valued field agents,is a speaker of the highest ability, has perhaps the best scientific library inthe southern states, and is a most proficient and engaging gentleman.—T. G. P. REPORT OF DR. EUGENE SWOPE,FIELD AGENT FOR OHIO From your field agents point of view, the Audubon work and interestsin Ohio at the close of another year look bright at present and promisingfor the future. Through the means of newspaper articles, circular letters,leaflets and voluminous correspondence, by some lectures, and by inces-santly reminding the friends of the birds that one of their duties is to makeconverts to bird-protection, the Audubon Society and its aims and purposesis becoming generally understood throughout the state. Such was not thecase two years ago. This alone seems an accomplishment worth while. Valuable assistance has been given our educational work by Mr. Frank
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DR. EUGENE SWOPEField Agent for Ohio (426) Reports of Field Agents 427 W. Miller, State Commissioner of Common Schools, in publishing for usin his Arbor and Bird Day Annual some specially prepared material relatingto Junior Audubon Classes. Forty thousand copies of this annual were dis-tributed among the teachers of the state. Unfortunately, however, this dis-tribution took place just previous to that period of days when the floodsover the state diverted attention from all things else. The Supervisors of Elementary Agriculture, Messrs. Clark, Harbourt,Ivins and Goll, have given much assistance to the Junior Audubon work,and are continuing to do so. Cincinnati newspapers have been liberal in giving notices of meetings,and have occasionally published some edited-to-death short bird articles.As yet the editors of these several papers are not aware of the widespreadinterest in bird life. The Ohio Star, a Columbus newspaper, must havespecial mention, and deserves our unstinted thanks for i

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