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the Senate it never escaped from the committee, and the women 

 of Paris found other employment. Meanwhile, however, the 

 smuggling of plumage into the United States began and still 

 continues. At least, one large consignment was seized on the 

 Mexican border and others are said to have come in by way of 

 Cuba and Florida. Those who will persist in wearing these 

 feathers should know that they are helping to depopulate the 

 earth of bird life, and that in many cases the laws of at least 

 two countries have been broken to serve them. 



•Bird Days and Nights in the Grange. 

 State bird day exercises were held at Lunenburg May 20 and 

 at Sandwich May 27. These meetings were arranged and con- 

 ducted by the committee on wild birds appointed by the Master 

 of the State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, in conjunction 

 with the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Massachu- 

 setts State Board of Agriculture. The work of arrangement 

 was done largely by Mrs. E. O. Marshall, secretary of the com- 

 mittee, and officers of the local granges in these towns. These 

 meetings were largely attended. The forenoon was given up 

 mainly to children, and many stayed for the afternoon meet- 

 ings. The subjoined program of the Lunenburg meeting indi- 

 cates its scope. I\Ir. Clayton E. Stone, a member of the State 

 Grange bird committee and of the Lunenburg Grange, attended 

 to the details which insured success. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 

 State Bikd Day. 



The Massachusetts State Grange and the Massachusetts Audu- 

 bon Society co-operating with the State Board of Agriculture 

 AND Lunenburg Grange at Lunenburg, Saturday, ]M\y 20, 1916. 



Presiding Officer, Ra>Tnond J. Gregor}^, Chairman, State Grange Com- 

 mittee on Protection of Wild Birds. 



Program. 

 10.00 a.m. AtTownHaU: — 



Inspection of Audubon exhibit. Exhibit of young people's 

 prize nest boxes and bird houses, and prize colored draw- 

 ings. 

 Exliibit of the Clayton E. Stone collection of 200 Massa- 

 chusetts birds, mounted. 



