4IO Bird -Lore 



Arbor Day Manual, and have published considerable material in the interest 

 of birds in my magazine, "Nature and Culture." 



Besides the httle attention that is annually given to birds on Arbor Day in 

 Ohio, many teachers who are not yet converted to the use of the Audubon 

 leaflets give their classes some sort of instruction about birds two or three 

 times a month. These teachers hesitate to use the leaflets because they still 

 hold the idea that such a plan would be equal to an extra study. Gradually 

 this mistake will be corrected, for every teacher who uses the leaflets converts 

 some one or more of her co-workers, in time, to their use. 



Whenever a superintendent or principal becomes truly interested, it 

 results in an introduction of bird-study in the entire school ; and such teachers 

 as are indifferent or opposed to the work soon become interested. 



The work in Ohio is now nicely started, and is not confined to any one 

 locaHty, for societies are formed at points all over the state. The work can 

 now go on without much wasted effort on the part of your Field Agent. With 

 some special work in addition to influences now active, bird-study could be 

 introduced in fifty per cent of the schools of the state within the next eighteen 

 months. 



REPORT OF JEFFERSON BUTLER, FIELD AGENT 

 FOR MICHIGAN 



The first work of your Field Agent was to investigate reports that came 

 in last winter, as they had in former winters, that wild Ducks were shot at 

 the air-holes in the ice in Lake Erie, the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and the 

 St. Clair River, and disposed of to hotels and road-houses along the Detroit 

 River. These road-houses make a specialty of providing game out of season. 

 Our game-wardens evidently have been unable to cope with the situation. 

 A number of these road-houses are along the Canadian shore, and it has not 

 been possible to get the Canadian officials to interfere, because they claim 

 that such game sold in Canada out of season comes from the American side, 

 so the Canadian law is not broken. 



After studying the situation, I decided to organize those who would give 

 effective aid. Some of these men who engage in pot-hunting are well-to-do, 

 with good reputations, who own their own homes in Detroit. On this account 

 I found it impossible to get those interested in acting with me to permit of 

 any publicity in the matter because these pot-hunters are their old-time 

 friends. A plan is being framed whereby we expect to be able, with the cooper- 

 ation of the Canadian authorities, to abolish this shooting. 



During the winter, five schools in Detroit and seventeen in other parts 

 of the state were aided in feeding the winter birds and making shelters. During 

 the year, I have given sixty-seven lectures to schools, churches, clubs, fraternal 

 societies and sportsmen's organizations. I occupied the pulpit in churches 



