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Show rtLriM V.':. of Trie tTAn 5TALjTS$ ASSOCIATE 13 CUTTING CHItl:3tMA3 TREE:j A VVAo'Cfi? A t lli :s ! I mi" hi lii- y. i - I : a-i-ni'iil qu.sti'.n i 1 1 wi'.t.'.li v i: . : i liij; ( In : I in us 1 1 i.) :i ;it or no' becomes ao.ite. Acrorins to District Dis-trict Forester il. II. Uu Hedge, the cutting may be . eil her the best kind or foi'est conservation or the wors' kind ot wa.Hle. ill n tiding upon how ll Is done I 'i a fully storked forest for-est there are always many bund red-reds red-reds of young trees per acre, only a few dozen of which have rearhe-maturity. rearhe-maturity. The re U drop out in the strr le for e .u-.tctn-e. Trees cu: in .tch fore its as tiie. e wnero the youngsters are standing too thick. )"!ns the othe-s lo make better growth by giving them more light and space, while it serves to put tho smaller telle, ,vj lo a .;ood ,iao. On the oilier hand, llrvi are in the Ititernionntain Region, vast area3 of brn h h'ld into which the timber trees a'" npruadXu slowly and with .?reat difficulty. In such n!:i-. are sea'' torotl tree.; of beautiful beauti-ful shape and of good Christmas tree size. To cr. Hums 's. ''a worst kind of waste, for V is their mission mis-sion to grow lo maturity, and In turn scatter seed so that the worthless brush lands may be slowly transformed trans-formed into valuable forests. The eho'ce r-" the tret:; that are .ilien, therefore, makes all the dif- fc-rence in the v.-o-id. From the point of view of the Cliri : mas tree user, it is unfortunate tint the trees which are taken ftom overly dense il ands to improve the fornt condi- ir.mfii. '.y lopniduil aad ; ti. .1 ly h ; pri ty at tiif sy.a..tc;-a; sy.a..tc;-a; tree; v. Iiich i.vo.: In Hip .!. "The Fore ' Service- m i :' ' . :!-' :!-' o;ly to go without a Chrktmas tree, ': il s tie o. cj;t-c .-.sa' i 1 . . i ro"e It i'tt:.:ig .1 1 . J-j J-j . " 3iv ; r ' rH- - : M utle.lge. Tho poor i de al'.vayi :o P''t ill o a corner. The number of trees used ' fo' liriitmas tree3 i j tar le-,3 than the iiunibar cut for tootb pi-ks, accord. :r to he Foro?t Service. The cutting of Christina? trees n.-iy result in i'.--:iutl:r,g a fe-.v s ,uae miles of land, but givins j-1;.' !o thousands of chiklrc.:. Fire caused by car! i ? hu:!i?a u c : :i " a.r. aaiy turns over tiiousans of sc.a.ire mi!e :i timber and does dobo.1v aa ;ooJ. |