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well covered are seriously injured, as a rule, though there are excep- 

 tions to this. Probably few growers of this class of fruit leave them 

 without winter protection, and after this experience there will be 

 fewer who will. 



Some growers report apparent injury to fruit buds on hardy trees, 

 and the crop may be shortened on this account. 



On the whole the growers in Minnesota have suffered less, we be- 

 lieve, than those in the fruit sections further south. This severe 

 winter has empathized caution in selection of varieties and care and 

 has thinned out our seedlings some. We needed it, undoubtedly. 



Timely Words from the Womens's Auxiliary.— The Women's 

 Auxiliary would suggest that the different "Improvement Clubs," 

 throughout the state, make a strenuous effort to have the "Do and 

 Don't" cards introduced into their schools. Ask the teachers to use 

 one or more of the topics thereon as a subject for composition work- 

 All the papers written, from all the grades, should be turned over 

 to a committee of ladies from the club, who will select a half dozen 

 or more of the best ones and have them read before a regular meet- 

 ing of the club. This will be an incentive to the children to do their 

 best. At the beginning of the next school year make arrangements 

 to have an "experience meeting," for the schools, at which the chil- 

 dren will take for a topic their experience in trying to carry out the 

 requirements of the card. 



If the boys and girls of the present day can be brought up to "Do 

 and Don't" according to its teachings, we may rest assured that the 

 next generation will be ready to take more advanced steps. 



Apply to Mrs. J. H. Lewis, Hastings, Minn., who will furnish the 

 "Do and Don't" cards. 



Anna B. Underwood, 



Secretary Women's Auxiliary. 



The Society's New Printing Law.— As it is printed in this issue, 

 it speaks for itself. It provides for printing the same number of re- 

 ports that have been printed late years and apppropriates "in per- 

 petuam" a sufficient sum to pay for their printing at present 

 prices. The bill was introduced by Hon. A. K. Bush, a member of 

 the house as well as a zealous member of this society, and received 

 his careful attention until it finally became a law, after running the 

 legislative gauntlet for the best part of the session and passing the 

 senate near its close. The passage of this bill developed a host of 

 friends for the horticultural society in and out of the legislature — 

 in fact, there was no apparent opposition. In the house no one voted 

 against it, though the press reports four votes against in the senate, 

 which report has not yet been verified. Much personal work was 

 done in its interest by our president, and the other officers and the 

 general membership lent their assistance most generously as asked 

 for. It was not a bill easy of enactment, as it carried a deficiency 

 appropriation, something the average legislator very much dis- 

 likes, and its practically unanimous passage speaks volumes for 

 the standing of the society. In taking up the work anew on this 

 permanent basis, it is our duty and aim to make it of still larger ser- 

 vice in contributing to the public good. 



