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acreage of timber in the town, mostly chestnut and oaks, little 

 is merchantable at present. The best lies along the Oxford and 

 Auburn sides. The cut-over areas are reproducing well. There 

 are some brushy pastures coming into gray birch and fuel wood, 

 with a very little white pine in places, and there are also con- 

 siderable areas where repeated fires have left little but scrub 

 oak and gray birch. Throughout the town, and especially in 

 the east, are maple swamps, usually small in area. 



There are three sawmills owned in Millbury. The owners are 

 W. R. Howe, W. A. Harris and A. W. Rice. These are all 

 small mills, sawing from 50 M to 150 M board feet per year 

 when running; practically all local stock. The only wood- 

 working industry is a small outfit at West Millbury making 

 tool handles, used mostly by the local edge tool factories of 

 which there are two. 



Land Types. 



NEW BRAINTREE. 



The woodland of New Braintree is not an important part of 

 its assets. The chestnut type occupies the largest area and is 

 the most important commercially. Pine is not as common as 



