The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-12
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to save in shipping. Then they are pounu
together In punches Of five, this being convenleh,
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 ana
their attractveness thus be lessened They are
sold direct from the cars to retailers ana 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, put
in the bigger cities they come in carload ana
trainload lots The fir is abundant in Colorado
but it grows in high, inaccessible places, ana
therefore the Douglas spruce and the lodgepole
pine largely take it's place. This is largely true
of all the Rocky Mountain states In Callforn1a
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 it is dug up and pared down to a gracefui
piece of earth as a 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 its purpose in the house
It is more solid and effective indoors than the or
binary tree and never willis or droops IL is III
reality living tree -
When the festivities are the tree Is taken
to the point where it is to be planted hole is
dug to fit it's base. This may be successfully &C
complished even where the ground Is frozen. The
tree is lifted from it's tub the cloth Is taken from
around it's base and 1t is fitted again into tht
earth from which it came The protected roots
again take hold and the tree goes on growing
without even a knowledge of it's holiday expe
rience. 1t is in way injured
Nurserymen specially prepare trees for Jus
this purpose individuals may do the same thint
with oYn1anatiOn above
Trees from the native woods around any village
may have their roots pruned in advance or the,
may be dug up with no preparation whatever
There is better chance Of their hourish1ng Whel
they have been prepared for the transplanting
But any evergreen dug up with bit of eartf
about its roots should grow
There is also manner of permanently marking
trees without injuring them interfering with
their growth tag fastened to 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 Tit
home Of growing family may thus be left will
permanent monument of all the Christmase
that have passed over the heads Of the children
that have dwelt within it. When these return
to the ancestral hearth in theai old age they cal
recall the planting of the trees and the event
that hover about the occasion in question. Inc
dentally, the landscape will have been beaut
fed, and aside from the sentimental phase of II
much valuable timber produced.
The Christmas tree industry of the Unite
States has assumed great proportions and Uncl
Sam is making plans to place the industry upo
permanently profitable basis through refores
ing large areas Incidentally the new industr
has furnished an opportunity for hundreds
boys and girls to earn their Christmas money !
new way by harvesting the cones of evergree
trees.
OF the nations forest land, 60000,000 acre
are today covered with mature timber viii
100000 900 acres are we'll seeded with youn
growth. This leaves 10O,0O0000 acres that a,
either non-productive only partly productiv
It is for this 100O00,000 acres that seed are
be gathered, and 1t is upon this vast expans
that they to be planted until the whole
developed into its greatest possible yielding cap
city making 1t one of the finest forests that tt
world has ever known