MULBERRY TREES FOR PLANTING. 



The Minnesota Game and Fish Protective League have pur- 

 chased ten thousand Russian and Native mulberry trees for 

 distribution. They will give six of these trees free of charge 

 to members of the Minnesota Forestry Association and their 

 friends with the following restrictions: 



First, that the recipient will properly plant and care for 

 these trees, that they may serve their purpose and attract 

 desirable birds. 



Second, that he will pay postal charges on same. 



Requests for trees should be mailed to the Secretary of the 

 Forestry Association, who will forward them to the League. 



THE fate of the Forest Service appropriations for the com- 

 ing bienium still hangs in the balance. With only a few 

 days left of the session of the legislature, the appropria- 

 tion bills still remain to be acted upon. 



The House bill gives the Forest Service an annual appro- 

 priation of $75,000. The Senate bill gives the Service an ap- 

 propriation of just $40,000 annually. 



It is certain that some members of the House will move to 

 have the appropriation fixed by the House committe reduced 

 to $40,000. In the Senate there will be members who will 

 move to have the appropriation raised from $40,000 to $75,000. 



Unless the bills as they come from the two houses are in 

 accord, there will be conference committees to settle the differ- 

 ences. For that reason, it is not likely that the amount to be 

 appropriated for the Forest Service will be known until the 

 last days of the session. 



Whatever the Legislature does, and the friends of For- 

 estry are hoping that the appropriation of $75,000 will stand, 

 it is well to remember now that severe criticism does not avail. 

 It does no good to heap criticisms upon members of the Leg- 

 islature. 



