Morgan Post | 1910-07-29 | Page 2 | Local News

the bill advocated by tho the audubon societies of the state ot ol new york forbidding the sale within this state of tho the plumage of any wild bird which Is protected within new york has haa passed the legislature and fb fa awaiting the governors signature we trust it will receive his approval says rochester herald for many years the audia bon societies have labored unceasingly to educate the people of this state to the economic as well as the sentimental value of wild bird life their progress has been very slow the rural communities of tho state even the fruit raising sections of western new york have been afflicted with almost incredible ignorance of the usefulness df 0 birds farmers boys often rob birds nests of their eggs egea and amuse themselves by aiming their newly ac ailred firearms at birds of every kind it la in seldom that a word of censure Is heard board from the male parent whose property the young mischief maker Is IB hastening to destroy