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Audubon Society. 
T HE objects of the Illinois Au¬ 
dubon Society are the pro¬ 
tection of wild birds and the 
creating of an interest in the study 
of bird life. It is known that such an 
interest once aroused is lasting and 
that there are no better friends of 
the birds than those who have studied 
their habits and learned their ways. 
This bird protection movement is far 
from being purely sentimental in its 
nature. A serious economical question 
is involved. The birds are the means 
of holding in check the ravages of in¬ 
jurious insects which prey on the 
crops of the agriculturalists. This fact 
has been forced home to the farmer 
