3i8 



Bird - Lore 



year to one hundred and fifty thousand in 

 a year, and the area covered has spread 

 over the whole United States. This grati- 

 fying augmentation is owing not only to 

 the inherent virtue and strength of the 

 idea, and to its usefulness in school-work, 

 but to the continued moral and financial 

 support of those who have cooperated so 

 generously with the Association in its 

 sustained effort to meet this educational 

 demand. 



It has been by means of such assistance 

 that the Association has been able to carry 

 forward the extension of the education of 

 the young people of the country in the 

 knowledge and love and appreciation of 

 birds without detriment to its other en- 

 terprises, for the amount returned by the 

 ten-cent fees of the Junior members does 

 not go far toward meeting the total ex- 

 pense. Those experienced in cost of print- 

 ing will readily understand this when told 



SECOND PRIZE— JUNIOR AUDUBON CLASS OF WYNCOTE, PENNSYLVANIA, 



IN FIELD-STUDY 



New Funds for New Work 



Mrs. Russell Sage has, year by year, 

 placed $s,ooo to the credit of the work in 

 the southern states; and this will be con- 

 tinued next year. The good friend who has 

 supplied funds for the extension of the 

 Junior work into the northern states, but 

 whose name must not yet be disclosed, 

 gave no less than $20,000 for the purpose 

 last year. His contributions began with 

 $S,ooo in 1911, and have been enlarged 

 year by year until, as has been said, four 

 times that sum was appropriated for the 

 school-year 1914-15; and the same sum 

 will be provided for the coining year. 



that a single item of expense was the manu- 

 facture of 1,750,000 four-page leaflets, 

 each accompanied by a plate printed in 

 four colors, and an outline drawing. The 

 Association's postage-bill during the past 

 year, in this department alone, was no less 

 than $3,800. In addition to this, must be 

 considered the cost of supplying Audubon 

 buttons to all Juniors, as well as bulletins, 

 circulars, and subscriptions to Bird-Lore 

 for the year to the 7,723 leaders of classes. 

 A detailed account of the results derived 

 from this labor and cost is presented in the 

 annexed table, which gives the numbers 

 and distribution of the teachers and chil- 

 dren reached in all the states. This table 



