NEIV JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY 



should be protected and our gardens and fields permitted to 

 grow, unmolested by insect pests. \\'hat tliese i)ests can do 

 is occasionally illustrated by the ravages of the brown tailed 

 moth and other imported species. In the summer I saw in 

 southern New Jersey thousandsof oak trees stripped of their 

 foliage and the caterpillars so thick on the roads it was diffi- 

 cult to drive an automobile without skidding, due to the 

 crawling larvae. 



The New Jersey Audubon Society, when the war is over, 

 will appeal with greater force, when the people will be awak- 

 ened to the utilization of our resources and the closer utili- 

 zation of all our available assets. Waste has been one of the 

 most reprehensible failings of this country. We must reform ; 

 we will reform. It has been brought to our attention and it 

 has been more than that. It has been brought to our tables 

 and our pocket-books. No more emphasis can be given to 

 any appeal than where it strikes these two most important 

 functions of human economy. The New Jersey Audubon 

 Society in the future will lead its crusade against all enemies 

 of birds and its educational work among both children and 

 adults. 



"K. 



