Show christmas tree useful during rest of winter AMHERST MASS in northern states where christmas heralds the coming of cold winter weather the tree that warms the living room de cember 25 is being put to work the balance of the winter outdoors ac cording to arnold M davis exten sion horticulturist at massachusetts state college fir trees can make ex cellena I 1 feeding stations for birds and off offer er them cozy shelter on frosty winter nights suet is often tied to the branches the tree is also used to protect climbing plants or the branches can be ripped off and laid as a mulch over low growing plants or bulbs northern beekeepers find the trees handy as windbreaks |