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Comparative freedom from fires may account for this to some 

 degree. 



There are no mills working in Mendon and no woodworking 

 industries are located there. C. A. Fletcher buys and cuts off 

 lots in Mendon and surrounding towns. 



Land Types. 



1 Hardwoods are largely gray birch, red maple and oaks. 

 MlLFORD. 



The strong market for cordwood and the ready market for 

 saw stock as well have operated to keep the timber pretty well 

 cut. Only a small percentage, perhaps 15 per cent., is older 

 than Class 3, and by far the greater part would be classed as 

 4. Pitch pine takes the place of white pine to a considerable 

 extent, but neither is present in anything approaching mer- 

 chantable quantities. Chestnut, soft maple and oaks (black, 

 red, scrub, white and chestnut) are the most important of the 

 hardwoods. Between Cedar Street and the Holliston line are 

 considerable quantities of scrub oak and chestnut oak. 



