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woodlands, and greater productiveness of apple 

 orchards as well as the joy which comes from 

 the beauty of color and form and song of the 

 birds. 



" Yours very truly, 



" (Signed) John B. Burnham, 

 " President." 



That the state of Minnesota is alive to the 

 importance of this work is evidenced by the cre- 

 ation of the Minnetonka Game Refuge, where 

 the birds are absolutely protected on a tract of 

 over 55,000 acres adjacent to the city of Minne- 

 apolis. 



Federal sanctuaries are also of the utmost 

 importance and no one appreciated this fact 

 more strongly than President Roosevelt, who 

 during his administration, turned from other 

 important matters long enough to create over 

 fifty national refuges for wild birds. 



But to return to New Hampshire. Other 

 activities of the Meriden Bird Club consist 

 in the placing of bird charts in the local schools, 

 in the Academy, and in the summer hotel; in 

 starting a library of bird books; in conducting 

 a column of bird notes in the local paper; in 

 offering prizes for the best essays on methods of 

 attracting birds, and for photographs illustrating 



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