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Identifier: birdlore181916nati (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 Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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. The entire extension force of theCollege, including all the short-coursedemonstrators, district men, etc., havebeen written to and are cooperating withus. 3. All the county agents of the stateare interesting the school children of theircounties, and a number of farmers andthe rural mail carriers. 4. The commercial clubs in all thelarge towns of the state, and the smallerones where grain is most needed, have beenwritten to, asking for their immediatecooperation. 5. All the state institutions, fivebesides our own, have been asked tohelp in this matter. 6. A number of high schools and town-ship schools, etc., have been asked to help. 7. Between one and two hundredfarmers, well distributed over the statehave had personal letters. Money in small amounts has beenpromised to county agents, commercialclubs, etc. I met a number of the youngmen of our college today and talked tothem about the situation, and asked fortheir cooperation in writing to theirhomes, etc. Those most interested in the
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SAVING THE QUAIL IN MINNESOTAI. Locating nesting-places of Quails under brush and broken tree-tops. 2. Placing grain under brushjust occupied by a bunch of Quails. 3. Fifteen Quails were found here on February 13; food wasleft forthem. 4. Some Quails become weak from lack of food, are easily caught, and sit contentedly in one swarm hand. 5. Several Quails near the foot of a tree, and one (at the right) running. (140) The Audubon Societies 141 work went out, after the meeting, andhad a picture taken. I will send you thisjjhotograph as soon as it is developed. In Minnesota, the Save the QuailAssociation was immediately formed bythe sportsmen of St. Paul and vicinity.Mr. Carlos Avery put the State GameWardens to work, and the matter wasgiven wide publicity. An immense workwas done throughout the state in the wayof feeding birds. Mr. Avery has sent in alarge number of photographs, showing themen actually at work for the relief of thebirds. The method of feeding the Quailsto locate the cov

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