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Wood-using Industries. 



Worcester County is an important district from the local 

 lumbering standpoint, for of the annual lumber cut in the State, 

 amounting to 400,000,000 feet, it produces at least a third, and 

 of the annual consumption of locally grown lumber used in 

 wood-using industries, amounting to at least 200,000,000 feet, 

 more than one-half is used in this county. The three chief 

 centers for wood-using industries of the State are located in 

 Worcester County; they are Gardner, Winchendon and Athol. 

 The industries using the greatest amount of home-grown 

 timber are those producing boxes, pails, toys, tubs, chairs and 

 match blocks. As the industries of these towns and others are 

 explained in detail in the individual town reports, we will not 

 go further into the matter in this chapter. 



Total Land Types. 



[59 towns.] 



