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Bird - Lore 



THE JUNIOR ORGANIZATION FOR 1919-20 



June I, 1920, brought to an end the ^'^^''^^ Junior Clubs 



tenth year of the Association's efforts in Alabama . 14 



the organization of children into bird- Arizona i^ 



study clubs. Never before has there been Arkansas 22 



such a response from teachers and pupils. California 195 



During the past year 8,398 Junior Audu- Colorado 116 



bon Clubs were formed, with a total paid Delaware ic2 



membership of 280,963 children. The District of Columbia . . 7 



membership exceeded that of last year by Florida 15 



101,169, and the enrollment would have 7^^°^^^^ ^^ 



been greater had the Association been Illinois ^7c 



financially able to respond to all the re- Indiana 209 



quests for bird-study material that were Iowa 229 



made. As it costs about twice as much to Kansas 68 



supply the children as their fees amounted t r,„;c:;ar^r tl 



O-vU Ulctlctllo. 12 



to, it can readily be seen that our work of Maine 49 



organization ultimately came to an end Maryland . 79 



when our Junior fund of $27,500 became Massachusetts 822 



exhausted. This occurred during the MinnSa! ::::::: 356 



month of May. From that time on it be- Mississippi 17 



came necessary to return the fees forwarded Missouri 82 



by teachers who were anxious to enroll their m°k^*^^?^ ^^ 



classes in the Audubon cause. Up to Nevada ^^^ 



June I these fees to the number of 14,950 New Hampshire 72 



had been sent back to disappointed chil- New Jersey 440 



dren, and this condition must continue ^^^ Mexico 5 



until the new supply of literature for the j^^^th Carolina '.'.'.'.'. ''°28 



coming year is ready for distribution in North Dakota 32 



the autumn. Ohio 825 



As for several years past, the Association Oklahoma 31 



this year received $20,000 for this work Pennsylvania '. '. '. '. '. 675 



from an unnamed benefactor, and seventy Rhode Island 20 



other friends contributed to make up the South Carolina 57 



remainder that was used. Their names, ~,°^ Dakota 36 



with amounts, will be published later, in Texas at. 



connection with the annual report of the Utah 20 



Association. Vermont 29 



The increased cost of all matters in con- Virginia 48 



nection with printing will make it im- Wisconfin^'^ ....... ^67 



possible to extend the privilege of Junior Wisconsin 251 



Members to the extent of the past year Wyoming 14 



unless contributions for this work should Canada 560 



increase. The following statement shows 



the distribution of the Junior Clubs and Totals 8 398 



the Junior membership for the school year 

 of 1919-20. 



Members 



417 

 82 



254 



868 



7,167 



4,680 



16,254 



4,693 



278 



702 



1,260 



1,107 



12,960 



6,716 



8,460 



2,099 



1,503 



363 



1,502 



2,462 



25,240 



7,149 

 11,020 



510 

 3,322 

 1,376 

 3,651 



127 



2,089 



15,492 



368 



37,817 

 960 



1,034 



24,120 



1,018 



3,815 



25,037 



666 



1,514 

 1,140 



774 

 1,405 



608 

 1,124 



1,65s 

 5,883 

 2,019 

 7,869 

 421 



17,893 

 20 



280,963 



