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but nevertheless quite a little of this species is found in isolated 

 sections of the county, and generally in swamps. This wood is 

 used in the manufacture of shingles, and on rare occasions for 

 barrels. It is also used for posts and poles. 



The manufacture of lobster pots may be classed as a special 

 industry. Oak and white pine are used in this product, and 

 there are several concerns engaged in their manufacture. 



Some years ago charcoal was produced in large quantities in 

 various parts of Plymouth County. This industry has practi- 

 cally disappeared. Last year this department undertook the 

 manufacture of charcoal as an experiment in the town of 

 Mashpee. The lot was made up entirely of oak of poor quality 

 and small size class, and the wood was too far away from a 

 market to be put profitably into cordwood. Three pits were 

 maintained, and about 40,000 bushels of charcoal were pro- 

 duced. It was thought that charcoal made from oak would not 

 sell readily, but no trouble was experienced in disposing of the 

 entire production in near-by towns; in fact, double the quantity 



could easily have been gotten rid of. In this experiment about 

 40 bushels of charcoal were produced from each cord of wood. 

 Mashpee is not a town in Plymouth County, and therefore 

 these remarks are somewhat irrelevant, but they are made 

 because of the fact that scattered throughout Plymouth County 

 are hundreds of acres of scraggly oak and pine too far away 

 from a market to be cut profitably for fuel, which the results of 

 the experiment cause us to believe could be burned for charcoal 

 and disposed of for at least a small profit. So far as we know 

 there is but one man in the county engaged in the manufacture 

 of charcoal at the present time. A bulletin containing more 

 detailed information in regard to this experiment will be issued 

 from the office of the State Forester in the near future. 



Other forest products of Plymouth County are pin wood, 

 mallet heads, ship timbers, wagon stock and hardwood rollers. 



In this bulletin is included a list of the sawmill operators of 

 the county, which gives information regarding their production, 

 stock used, etc. This list is as complete as it was possible for 

 us to make it in the limited time we had at our disposal. 



Following are the percentage sheets of 26 towns in the 

 county. The town of Hull was not considered at all in making 

 the survey, as there is not enough wood growth there to war- 





