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Land Types. 



1 Hardwoods are maple and gray birch. 



2 Largely pitch pine with about 50 acres of hemlock. 



LEICESTER. 



The principal woodland types are soft maple and gray birch, 

 either separately or in mixture, chestnut, oak and white pine. 

 There is a fair representation of older age classes. The pastures 

 contain much sweet fern and sumac. Around the reservoir of 

 Worcester water board on Kettle Brook there are some planta- 

 tions of white pine. 



There are no wood-using industries in the town and no 

 permanent sawmills. There is a good market for box lumber, 

 poles, ties and cordwood in Worcester, so that timber lots are 

 cut as soon as they become of merchantable size. Southwick 

 and Barry are the leading local operators and deal principally in 

 chestnut products. 



