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termed a mistake but canadians buy million christmas trees yearly the christmas tree is a a mistake history says so the custom is of pagan origin pat rick gfarrell a cutter and ex porter says so and people who have a cockeyed idea of conser vation say so but because there are about 32joo0oqq christmas trees sosd annuaiiy in the united states and 4000000 in canada and christmas tree orchards are increasing in this country there is reason to look into the other side of the picture from a technical standpoint professional foresters for the most part look upon christmas tree chopping as a legitimate business important to the coun trys economy ontarios most popular tree the scotch pine grows on relatively poor soils and produces timber of low quality removal of this species from plantations gives better timber trees space for develop ment its best use then is as a christmas tree says former zone forester c k groves of hespeler if cutting is not done all trees suffer and revenue is lost reforestation has put thou sands of acres of valuable land back into use incidentally because scotch pines retain their foliage longer when placed indoors they are being grown by most as a crop planted and regulated to give an annual harvest over the years like most other farmers the growers have organized to im prove the industry r jones of toronto general manager of the canadian christmas tree growers association said the sale of scotch pines has been controlled by the association with the aim of ensuring all trees being graded and selected as early as june then offered to registered dealers at a fair cash price the cctga also en courages investments in tree farms canada now produces nearly 12000000 trees a year it ex ports about s000000 to united states for a total value of up wards of s3000000 and keeps the rest for sale to its 4000000 families each family is presumed to buy a tree yearly says stanley belsey of the federal resources and development department although some probably dont buy them the trees are sold to schools and community groups for the birds mr jones predicts the scotch pine exports should blossom into a 20000000 seasonal industry despite his optimistic picture of the industrys aims and fu- trees symbolize life everlasting the custom of bringing green boughs into dwelling places is a pagan one it was symbolic of the triumph of life over death or of eternal life the egyptians used green date palms the romans an evergreen bough as did the druids and the scandinavians held the fir tree in reverence so historically the christ mas tree has nothing to do with the christian religion observ ance of the day of the christ mass or christmas to pope gregory i can be at tributed the credit for weaving the christmas tree into the fab ric of christian cexemony he instructed his missionaries not to destroy the innocent pagan customs which were not incon sistent with church doctrine there are two theories on how the christmas tree came to be widely used in britain when the missionary boniface went to england to preach christian ity to the teutons he found them worshipping the sacred oak of the god odin instead of trying to destroy that practice boniface persuaded the chris tian converts to substitute an evergreen for an oak and to decorate it in honor of the christ child the practice stuck particularly in the english- speaking world the other story is that queen victorias marriage to prince albert of saxecobourg and go- tha in 1s10 was largely respon sible for the introduction of the chrismas tree into england hessian soldiers are credited i ture there is one man who thinks its for the birds and after 15 years as a cutter and exporter he quit to go into an- other vocation competition among cutters j has cut the price back said fatrick o farrel of st mah- chie que coupled with that there are too many poor quality trees being cut and put on the market further depressing the prices ijast year 167 freight carloads of christmas trees were ship ped out of st malachie dorches ter county 20 miles south of quebec city they were sold to exporters on a loadedoncar ba sis by cutters like mr ofarrell i he hired a crew of six men oct i 15 and took to the woods cutting wasteland christmas trees that i he bought from farmers for 75 cents apiece his gang cut ten carloads i averaging about 1600 to the car- i load he paid them s3 to 10 j a day and 10 cents a bundle for trucking he sold the trees for i s175 apiece to a long island importer j tied with twine the skilled part of the trade is bundling trees depending on size three to six are tied into a bundle with binder twine it requires five to six years train ing to be able to do this job properly thats where the com petition comes in said mr o farrell too many men learned to do this job and went into business for themselves he sees the day coming too when a farmer if he wants to sell trees must prune them even the wild ones another bad feature is ship ping the trees must be cut early packed in box cars tram pled and often frozen beauti ful trees arrive in the new york market in bedraggled con dition they would be better on flat cars but the theft rate is too high there on the other side of the pic ture is the enterprise of john and william armstrong of oro- no in durham county they have been buying up hundreds of acres in pine ridge a five- mile strip of county badlands good only for growing trees they have reforested some grown a crop of trees and also taken thinnings out of the nat ural growth other residents of the area are also in the christmas tree business and it is thriving to the extent about 1000000 trees from durham county are ex ported to the united states an nually fruit trees to designed for the purpose of estimating with some degree of accuracy the fruit resources of j the province and provide a guide 1 for marketing purposes the i ontario dept of agriculture is j initiating a tree fruit census throughout the province under the direction of the ex tension branch ontario fruit i growers are being asked to make a retvtrn of the number of j apple peach pear plum and cherry trees on all of the fruit- growing farms of the province i in addition to the fruit trees i grape growers will be askjd to i report on the number of vines i in their vineyards in addition to reporting the i number of trees growers will be asked to report on the varie ties under cultivation a similar count of trees and vines is taking place in all fruit growing sections of canada w b fox director of the fruit and vegetable extension service said that the census would provide a guide as to the fruit resources of the province and assist in the marketing of the produce forms for the re turn are being distributed it is anticipated that the cen sus will be completed by april with introducing the decorated christmas tree into the new world at the time of the amer ican revolution the custom grew until every body who can afford a spruce fir or pme tree now buys one for the annual christmas sea son income from christmas tree plot rivals other cash crop income well established christmas the trees are preserved in rot too popular with farmers as tree farmers say the annual ia- j cold storage oversumrrer they they exercise no judgment in come from a christmas tree i are given a sreresistant waxy cutting the trees plot compares favorably with j coating then painted in green that of a more intensive crop silver or white colors and a this type of farming requires frosty finish sprayed on plenty of knowhow and alert- j the atiora safety council ress for possible hazards from however warns householders to livestock fire disease insects f be wary of fireproof trees rodents adverse weather thielthe norma precautions should ves and competition from vol- te taken to prevent fires people unteer hardwoods are warned not to attempt to twoyearold seedlings may be flameproof trees themselves planted but the best are those j i ontario the department of which have spent an additional i lands and forests has agree- two years in a transplant bed me with many counties to slow growth produces the best operate special reforestation tree but small ones can be har- projects the 10countv huron vested at three to five years for forestry district in charge of fr table trees trees which grow w e steele of hesdeler is one lnese ale slowly develop a bushy uniform which operates with such an i particularly poor quality be- attractive shape i agreement many farmers are now re- every year about the middle planting areas which have been of semember trees are offered harvested some grow new trees for sale by tender the income by stump culture methods that j from these sales gees to the credit of the forest thereby re ducing the amount the county or authority will have to repay when the agreement is ended agreements run 30 to 50 years thtstourrviui twsukl xhunity dsbf 13 956 fss 3 vivian forest big producer there are two kinds of tree cutters whose actions are harm- ful those who cut greatly in excess of demand and waste j trees thereby bringing the wrath of the public on the in dustry in general and 2 those who destroy older trees in order to sell the tops he is glad to note that these tyro kinds of operators are dis appearing with the advent of plantations and orderly market ing systems mr steele estimates there is about a lot- wastage of trees slowly develop a bushy uniform which operates with such an the pubuc becomins more discriminating in its buy ing habits in ottawa and some other cen tres old christmas trees are gathered annually and burned in a huge civic bonfire this is not the case in all cities where some are left to clutter alleys for months used trees can be used in is leaving uncut the lowest whorl of branches and staking the most vigorous branch in an upright position to produce a new tree an american can claim the largest enterprise is the christ mas tree business halvorsum trees inc cuts nearly 2000000 dependir about 12000 worth of trees j tack yards as suet feeding sta- were sold this year prices i t v the birds they make ranged from 50 cents to s1g0 r f f t youngsters grade of trees dwarf spruce trees a year in an cient lake beds near duluth minnesota the trees may be as old as 100 years but because they were unable to receive enough nourishment from the watersoaked beds they among those who put in bids for the trees are american buy ers canadian private buyers and service clubs and boards of trade some service clubs like j tn the kitchener waterloo ys j mens club and arc used as road markers for snow plow crews thousands of people owe their lives to parachutes when have been forced to aban- av aircraft the correct sell the trees as a packing of parachutes is so mi never grow more than 3 feet fund raising project j poitant that riggers are lie- tall i in some counties like grey jensed by the civil aeronautics halvorsum turns his cutters j tree cutting is big business in authority parachutes must be loose on the beds in rented gov- the past 13 years nearly 150000 inspected every ten days and ernment tracts and in his own trees have been taken out of the tracked every 60 civil air- 15000acre tract as early as i main tract in south glenelg 1 crlii dont have to carry them easter at the peak of the tree the majority went to the amer- j except when acrobatic flying is cutting season so workers are ican market to be done occupants of mili- cutting as many as 10000 trees a windsor company buys the tary and naval aircraft must a day yet less than 10 percent of trees on the stump but herbert wear them a man falling free- the standing growth is cut in j atkinson caretaker super- 1 w reach a terminal velocity any one season vises cutting some truckers are 0 about 118 miles per hour public skating at s pm in stouffville arena every wednesday and satu rday lucky number prize f childrens skating wednesday afternoons from 25 pm admission 20c the vivian forest near bal- lantrae is a big producer of pulp wood hard wood and christmas trees since nov 1 more than 1500 christmas trees have been cut and sold by tender an employee of the dept ot lands and forests cuts a sample tree out of the forest top while another em ployee mr elliott graham of vivian loads it on the truck more than 400 cords of pulp wood were cut from the viv ian forests from reforestation areas in york and ontario counties more than 30000 feet of hardwood lumber was cut and sold locally this year the project was started in 1924 there are 3500 acfesof reforestation in york county jlra thorns how to buy a christmas tree scotch pine is becoming a favorite christmas tree it is usually fairly straight has dense foliage with few gaps and ungainly spaces and the needles dont fall out readily a species such as spruce from which the needles fall easily may leave you with a skeleton for christmas but tree s must cater to many tastes from those who want a tree stuck in a flower pot to those who want a 15footer one man with good 7 taste always demands a tree as wide as it is tall here are some tips when buy ing a yule tree 1 seize the tree and slam it down on its stump if the nee dles drop then theyll drop faster when you get it in the house 2 rub your finger across the end of the stump if it is made sticky by resin the tree should be fairly fresh 3 it should have si or seven j inches of stump but dont worry about it you can trim the low- er branches to make the stump longer 4 although many people do 1 not put their trees in water they will hold their needles and fragrance longer if the bark is i peeled back an inch or so and the stump inserted in a water pan they will also be less of fire hazard jeweler stouffville h i jz is that important man on your l list handy around the house y does he have a distinct yen for 33 fixing things and making things fe then more power to him this ja christmas give a drill precision balanced for smooth quiet easy operatior or ah electric saw dc the job faster j afe goes erery- vhtro 4 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