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written, an order had been placed for 300,000 

 sets of bird-study supplies for children. 



During the year the central office of the 

 Association has had the most hearty support 

 of many of the affiliated societies and clubs 

 throughout the country; especially has this 

 been true with the State Audubon Societies of 

 Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Oregon. The 

 Long Island Bird Club contributed so gener- 

 ously that it was possible to keep Mrs. Mary S. 

 Sage in the field lecturing on Long Island * 

 throughout the year. She visited over one 

 himdred commimities and gave 206 talks and 

 bird lectures, 57 of which were illustrated 

 with stereopticon slides. In this manner she 

 addressed 20,000 school-children, beside,s 

 many adult gatherings. 



Since the Junior work was begun, eleven 

 years ago, these children's clubs, to the num- 

 ber of 66,709, have been formed and the total 

 paid members nmnber 1,676,743. 



The following statement shows the distri- 

 bution of the Junior Clubs organized the past 

 school year: 



Annual Summary of Junior Audubon 

 Classes and Members Under the Chil- 

 dren's Educational Fund 



Summary Ending June 1, 1921 



States Classes Members 



' Alabama 12 559 



Arizona 4 219 



Arkansas 18 738 



California 142 5,862 



Colorado 51 2,301 



Connecticut 184 6,977 



Delaware 38 i)552 



District of Columbia 2 :;o 



States Classes Members 



Florida 176 5,963 



Georgia 18 856 



Idaho 10 412 



Illinois 320 13,457 



Indiana 181 6,700 



Iowa 123 4,106 



Kansas 44 i,543 



Kentucky 25 1,023 



Louisiana 7 219 



Maine 42 1,471 



Maryland 58 2,482 



Massachusetts 497 18,231 



Michigan 146 5,840 



Minnesota 202 8,183 



Mississippi 5 164 



Missouri no 4,081 



Montana 27 1,115 



Nebraska 79 2,897 



Nevada 8 313 



New Hampshire 40 1,404 



New Jersey 243 10,689 



New Mexico 4 182 



New York 843 33,664 



North Carolina 11 339 



North Dakota 37 1,288 



Ohio 616 22,562 



Oklahoma 9 377 



Oregon 32 3,635 



Pennsylvania 607 25,086 



Rhode Island 12 652 



South Carolina 16 508 



South Dakota. . . .~ 36 1,184 



Tennessee 9 518 



Texas 42 1,697 



Utah 26 992 



Vermont 25 1,052 



Virginia 41 1,838 



Washington 114 5,392 



West Virginia. 33 1,384 



Wisconsin 159 6,139 



Wyoming 8 274 



Canada 358 11,571 



British Guiana . i 26 



Japan o 20 



Totals 5,851 229,787 



JUNIOR SOCIETIES AND THE PRESS 



An ever-increasing number of comments 

 commendatory to the Junior Audubon work 

 are appearing in the daily newspapers. It 

 would seem there is hardly any important 

 community in the country where the local 

 papers have not had something to say about 

 Audubon Societies formed among the chil- 

 dren. Three clippings picked up at random 

 from among the hundreds that have ap- 

 peared, run as follows: 



Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal. 



"Wild bird life will be promoted in Shore- 

 wood by the Audubon Society, organized 

 among the village children. Although formed 

 only two months ago, the society numbers 

 between 80 and 90 children. The older boys 

 plan to circulate petitions asking Wisconsin 

 congressmen to defeat the water power act 

 and Fall River basin bill, which, it is claimed, 

 are destructive to wild life. The children are 

 providing drinking-pools and bird-shelters, 

 and are studying the problem of control of 



