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Show Urges Farmers to Grow Christmas Trees association. "Those of ns who nave been working for years for a comprehensive com-prehensive program of forest cotiser vation realize that the success of the movement for forest protection depends de-pends very largely on the develop ment of a very widespread apprecla tlon of the forest In the minds of the American people. There Is probably no better way of Instilling a love for trees In tbe hearts of the rising gen eratlon than the use of the little ev ergreen aa tbe central figure of tbe Christmas festival. j "There are many things having to do with forests of mucb more Importance. Im-portance. The American Tree association asso-ciation Is strongly In favor of Jail for the man who Invades the property prop-erty of another; breaks off limbs of trees and tears np other Christmas greens; fast disappearing by the roots. "So great has become tbe demand for Christmas trees that the growing of them Is getting to be a big business. busi-ness. It Is estimated ten million are used every year at a cost of five million mil-lion dollars. ' ' Washington. On Christmas ra.irn Ing Santa Clwus wlll .be standing In front of a Christmas tree In about ten million Amerlcnn homes and hand out tlie toys. According to the Aiwrh-an Tree association, wl.lc! urFM, a tree In every home. Christ mas tree cutting will soon be, a "bis b.wlwss" because In hundreds ot rvliccs - farmers have planned a Christ tnns tree crop on land fit for nothing else and the Christmas tree crop Idea Is being take up by farmers more anc more every year. Because of an ex aggerated notion as to the bearing Christmas free cutting has on th future supplies of timber misinformed Individuals hsve urged the cutting of Christmas trees be prohibited by law "This sonnds fine but Is wide of the mark," says Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree |