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bulk will reach this size. The majority of the best trees now 

 run in a large 3 to a small 2 class. The chestnut stands in the 

 eastern part of the town contain trees of splendid quality, and 

 provided the blight does not come in too 'severely these will be 

 quite valuable for saw logs and poles ten or fifteen years hence. 



Several areas of very large extent occur which have nothing 

 but a growth of young chestnut and oak sprouts. These 

 sprouts are generally infected with the bark disease, and from 

 the present indications will amount to very little. Around the 

 ponds in the east, and particularly in the southeast, the best 

 timber occurs. 



There are no sawmills or woodworking industries in Dudley. 

 Portable sawmills have worked there recently, but have now 

 moved elsewhere, evidently from lack of suitable material to 

 operate upon. 



The paper mill located at West Dudley uses only rags and 

 old paper, and is in no way connected with the wood pulp 

 industry. 



Land Types. 



1 Hardwoods are red maple and gray birch. 



2 White cedar. 



