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BY THE WAYSIDE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except 
July and August. 
The official organ of the Wisconsin, Illinois and 
Michigan Audubon Societies. 
Twenty-five cents per year Single copies 5 cents 
Contributions to By the Wayside are invited 
from all lovers of Nature and friends of the 
birds. All communications should be sent to 
Roland E. Kremers, 1720 Vilas St., Madison, 
Wis. 
In this issue, there appears the first 
portion of an article by the late Prof. 
F. II. King. We are very glad to be able 
to publish this article for it should in¬ 
terest both student and teacher. 
Our Need. 
There is no doubt but that the Wis¬ 
consin Audubon society has in years past 
accomplished a great deal of good. But 
we suspect that of late years its infiuenc 
has not been as great as might be de¬ 
sired. Our predecessors have accom¬ 
plished most of those achievements which 
may be and are often best attained by 
agitation. Their work has been well 
done, and it is our duty to uphold their 
results and to make more advancement. 
This can best be done by education. This 
process is slow and the results attendant 
upon our labors often pass unnoticed. 
It is often easier to secure the needed 
support in a time of strong feeling than 
in a period of quiet endeavor, even 
though popular opinion is more favor¬ 
able. Many of our former supporters 
have failed to realize this and have left 
us. Hence we appeal to our members to 
endeavor to get more people to support 
us by being faithful members. A pro¬ 
gram of quiet education must have regu¬ 
lar support if it is to bear any fruit. 
We trust that you, are our fellow mem¬ 
bers, will realize the urgency of this ap¬ 
peal even though it is addressed to you 
collectively. 
I wish the Audubon Societies might 
make another effort to keep hunters from 
utterly destroying our game birds that 
are left, and those that we are trying so 
hard to establish. Several years ago l 
took some quail from our State Game 
Commissioner and now am trying to get 
some pheasants to live in Ogle County, 
in our neighborhood. But even the little 
children run every living thing down 
and try to shoot it with their toy pistols 
and guns. Several years ago quail had 
increased all over Ogle County, owing 
to the care given them by those who took 
some from the shipments to our County 
Game Warden, but the hunters spare 
nothing. It is a shame and a disgrace 
upon our boasted civilization. 
Wishing you success with your fine 
work, I am, 
Verv sincerely yours, 
(Mrs.) Rebecca H. Kauffman. 
It often happens that the spring mi¬ 
grants encounter severe snow or sleet 
storms. Accustomed to warmer weather 
and robbed of their food supply, they 
are at the mercy of the elements. Do 
not fail to supply them abundantly with 
a variety of foods. They will fare 
wretchedly enough with it and many 
will perish without it. There comes to 
our mind the picture of such an occur¬ 
rence. The migration was well under 
way when the ground was covered with 
half a foot of snow. Crumbs and grains 
scattered over the snow after the storm 
had ceased attracted numbers of Juncos, 
Tree sparrows, Fox sparrows, Whitq 
