Grow Christmas 
In many sections, one of the most profit- 
able ways to utilize unprofitable ground is to 
establish a plantation of cultivated Christ- 
mas trees. You can start by three methods: 
(1) growing trees from seed, (2) from seed- 
lings, and (8) from transplants. The trans- 
planted trees will advance your tree growths 
from 2 to 5 years. Cultivated trees com- 
mand a better price than wild grown stock. 
There is a big demand in practically every 
city and town for nursery grown or culti- 
vated Christmas trees. The trade is asking 
for them. Wild stock is brought in from 
such long distances that the trees shed nee- 
dles before they are set up. In the last few 
years there has been a great demand for 
live trees as these trees can serve two pur- 
poses: (1) for decorating during the holiday 
Evergreens for 
Growing timber can be made an impor- 
tant source of farm revenues for idle land. 
With the searcity of lumber as it is today, 
it will take many years before a normal 
amount of lumber can be had. Our lumber 
supply is dangerously low; our government 
urges that we utilize land for growing tim- 
ber, which is also profitable. 
But that is not all; reforestation is neces- 
sary to prevent floods and soil erosion. 
Timber is now being cut in greater quan- 
tities than ever before. A large quantity 


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season and (2) later used for decorating 
lawns. Selling of Christmas trees can begin 
when trees are 12 to 15 inches in height. If 
trees are cultivated the first two years, re- 
turns begin within two or three years after 
the plantations are established. A spacing 
of 3 feet by 3 feet allows for 5600 trees per 
acre. A planting of 4 feet by 4 feet allows 
2720 trees per acre. 
The land should be plowed and prepared 
the same as for a field crop. Almost any 
soil of good texture will grow Conifers. 
Trees most suitable for this purpose are: 
Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Black Hill 
Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Scotch Pine, 
Austrian Pine, American Red Pine, Balsam 
Fir and Douglas Fir. 
Reforestation 
of our timber went to war. 
In some states, land planted to timber is 
tax free. Evergreen tress grow rapidly and 
yield crops of timber sooner than most de- 
ciduous trees. 
The pines, in particular, take hold and 
thrive better than hard wood deciduous 
trees and do well in poor, sandy soil. If in- 
terested write to the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for 
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1453, Growing and 
Planting Conifer Trees on the Farm. 
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