Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-12-27

to room In shipping. Then they are bound
together in punches of flve this being convenient
for both shipment and SALE They go to market
in open cars that they may be kept cool and pos
sibly damp Otherwise their tips might wilt and
their attractiveness thus be essened. They are
sold direct from the cars to retailers and these
make point of keeping them always in the open
air.
Throughout the southern states the supply OF
Christmas trees comes from the southern pine
that overruns the region. Ordinarily the markets
are supplied by the wagons of the farmers, but
in the bigger cities they come in carload and
trainload lots. The fir is abundant in Colorado
but it grows in high inaccessible places and
therefore the Douglas spruce and the lodgepole
pine largely take its place. This is largely true
of all the Rocky Mountain states. In California
and the other Pacific Coast states the incense
cedar and the young coast redwoods are quite
generally used as Christmas trees. The swamps
of Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota furnish
the markets of Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Detroit.
When the time is ready for the indoor use OF
the tree 1t is dug up and pared down to graceful
piece of earth base Then piece of CAN
vas or any other sort of stout cloth is bound
about the base to prevent crumbling of the earth
The whole of this is then fitted into box or tub
and is ready to serve it's purpose in the house
It is more Slid and effective indoors than the or
binary tree and never willis or DROPS. 1t is In
reality living tree
When the festivities are over the tree is taken
to the point where 1t Is to be planted hole is
dug to fit its base. This may be successfully &C.
complished even where the ground Is frozen. The
tree is lifted from its tub the cloth ls taken from
around its base and 1t is fitted again into the
earth from which 1t The protected roots
again take hold and the tree goes on growing
without even knowledge of its holiday expe'
rience. 1t is in way injured.
Nurserymen specially prepare trees for just
this purpose. individuals may do the same thing
with no more explanation than that given above
Trees from the native woods around any village
may have their roots pruned in advance or they
may be dug up with preparation whatever
There is a better chance of their hourishing when
they have been prepared for the transplanting
But any evergreen dug up with bit of earth
about its roots should grow.
There is also a Of permanently marking
trees without injuring them or interfering with
their growth. tag fastened to a piece OF wire
will remain attached to tree for a century
This tag may be of metal and on 1t may be stamp
ed the date and whatever legend is desired. Tho
home of growing family may thus be left with
a permanent monument Of all the Chr1stmases
that have passed over the heads of the children
that have dwelt within it. When these return
to the ancestral hearth in their old age they can
recall the planting OF the trees and the events
that hover about the occasion in question Incl
dentally, the landscape VIII nave peen Deaulf
fed and aside from the sentimental phase of it.
much valuable timber produced
The Christmas tree industry of the United
States has assumed great proportions and Uncle
Sam is making plans to place the industry upon
a permanently profitable basis through reforest
ing large areas. Incidentally the new industry
has furnished an opportunity for hundreds o.
boys and girls to earn their Christmas money In
a new way by harvesting the cones Of evergreen
trees
OF the nations forest land, 60,O00000 acres
are today covered with mature timber, while
100000 acres are we'll seeded with younl
growth. This leaves 1O0,000000 acres that are
either non-productive or only partly productive
It is for this 1OO.00O.0O0 that seed are tc
be gathered &and 1t Is upon this vast expanse
that they to be planted until the whole Ii
developed into its greatest possible yielding capa
city, making 1t of the finest forests that the
world has ever known.