Show County Agent Urges Purchase Trees Now how Ma Male Make e your Christmas tree safe dont don't wait to buy your Christmas tree Get it now People who are harvesting Christmas trees and selling them to the public dont don't cut cuta a few at tit a time and bring them down for you to choose from These people arrange for crews of men to go into producIng producing producing pro pro- areas and cut large q quantities of trees which are then loaded on trucks and brought into the area where they will be sold So says County Agent Del Purnell whether you buy a tree early or the day before Christmas it was probably cut at about the same time This This Thi tree laying in the truckers lot or in the ithe sales lot is drying out and becoming more and more of a fire hazard every day Mr Purnell offered a plan to reduce the fire danger of this Christmas tree Select early while you have a good choice As soon as you get the tree home cut the tree again making the cut on a slight angel Stand this tree in a container of water in a cool place At home we put our Christmas tree in what we call our cold room where we store our vegetables Here the temperatures are between degrees Mr Purnell pointed out Transportation has been slowed down but is still taking taking taking tak tak- ing place A water supply has been provided and with a afresh afresh fresh cut on the trunk of the tree water is picked up and carried through the vascular system em to the needles of the tree keeping them soft and pliable reducing their hazard for fire Mr Purnell also cautioned that when the tree is decorated decorated deco deco- rated it should be something of beauty and interest to the family but make sure the materials materials materials ma ma- used in decoration are areas areas areas as fire proof as possible |