The Arvada enterprise., 1912-12-12

tanned. The limbs are bound down tight as
to save room in shipping. Then they are bound
together in punches of five. this being convenient
for both shipment and sale They go to market
in open that they may be kept cool and pos
sibly damp. Otherwise their tips might wilt and
their attraCtveness thus be lessened. 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 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
tranload 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 truo
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 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 OF
the tree 1t is dug up and pared down to graceful
piece Of earth as a base. Then a piece of can
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 n box tub
and Is ready to serve its purpose in the house
1t is solid and effective indoors than the
dinary tree and never willis droops. 1t is in
reality a living tree.
When the festivities the tree Is taken
to the point where 1t is to be planted. hole is
dug to fit It's base. This may be successfully ac-
compshed where the ground is frozen The
tree Is lifted from It's tub the cloth Is taken from
around its base and it is fitted again into the
earth from which 1t came The protected roots
again take hold and the tree goes on growing
without even a knowledge OF its holiday expe
rence. 1t is In no way injured
Nurserymen specially prepare trees for Just
no Ip1i la NAV do tha mo hing
with more explanation than that given above
Trees from the native woods around any village
may have their roots pruned in advance they
may be dug up with no preparation whatever
There is better chance OF their hourishing when
they have been prepared for the transplan ting
But any evergreen dug up with bit OF earth
about its roots should grow.
There Is also a manner OF permanently marking
trees without injuring them interfering with
their growth. tag fastened to a piece OF wire
will remain attached to n tree for century
This tag may be OF metal and on It may be stamp
ed the date and whatever legend is desired The
home OF a growing family may thus be left with
permanent monument of all the Christmasea
that have passed 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
dentaly. the landscape will have been beauti
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
permanently profitable basis through reforest
Ing large areas. Incidentally the new industry
has furnished opportunity for hundreds OF
boys and girls to earn their Christmas money In
new way by harvesting the cones Of evergreen
trees
or the nations forest land GO0OOOOO acres
are today covered with mature timber while
100000 acres well seeded with younp
growth This leaves l0OOOO,OOO acres that arc
either nonproductiye only partly productive
1t is for this 100000 acres that seed are tc
be gathered, and It Ia upon this vast expanse
that they are to be planted until the whrle IA
developed into its greatest possible Yielding cnpa
city, making It one Of the finest forests that tho
world has known.