Show forester suggests xmas trees As farm crop Dep boving the ithe lack of 0 an adequate quaite number of 0 trees in utah to supply cupply the demand tor for Christ christmas mao grec greenery nery year after year W 13 rice amsl barat regional forester Po rester I 1 in charge ot of amber management suggests ithe growing ot of christmas Christ maB trees as a farm arm crop in gome localities he is quoted as follows aga 11 as the holiday season approaches pro aches many desiring to have trees and forest gree greenery neTy for Tf afre inq ot of the forest service sex vice as to a source of 0 sully other people pe oplie desiring desir ing ng to cut or furnish trees and christmas greenery tor for the market are also interested there are aire only a few areas on the forests in utah where christmas trees can be oliU according to MT mr rice christmas are not plentiful anywhere in the state and generally those most suitable tor for purposed seb grow at the higher elevations anere trawl travel is ds extremely extreme ily Ay difficult at this time ot of year for mallay bainy years vote trees for christmas have been cut from the moun talin slopes elopes near the towns and cities until many formerly well timbered limbered areas have become pretty well denuded of trea cover in these areas dit la is necessary to conserve what remains tor for watershed protection purposes scenery and other reasons the demand tor for christmas christinas trees continues year atter a year and there the growing of christmas trees Is Is indication Indic aAIon in this demand that worthy of consideration this can be done by planting planking seedlings two I 1 vr or three years old that are produced in forest nurseries on oil well sites altea trees ot of sufficient size lor for the average home can os de produced in from 12 to 15 deais on poorer soils eoila or locations locati lons it may take up to 25 years to grow a tree of 0 mitri size to serve the christmas market kat nearly 1800 I 1 trea or acre re of 0 land can be grown under spacing for or ft a reaped product we are sorry that oro are such sua that we can not except in cases provide christmas Christ maa treas in the intermountain area and we are hopping that as some 4 ot f our develop tev deve iSop jop and thin aings become necessary we may be able lix in part to supply the demand xi future years in the meantime we are that some farmers in the may see their way clear cle sao to devote part of their land la nd at ait least to the growing ot of christmas trees as a regular farm crop |