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PAXTON. 



About 60 per cent, of Paxton is wooded, chestnut and white 

 pine being the leading species. Oak and soft maple occur 

 abundantly, and thick stands of young birch are found every- 

 where. Practically all of the timber in the eastern part of the 

 town is below Class 2 in size. The best stand found was a 

 mixture of pine and chestnut near the southern boundary of 

 the town, one-half mile east of Kettell Brook. This is in 

 splendid condition and ranges from Class 2 to Class 1 in size. 

 Very small stands of pine of this class are found in scattered 

 wood lots. Mixed hardwoods, common to low situations, are 

 present in many places. In general, such stands are in rather 

 poor condition. Tangled undergrowth and young dead trees 

 are characteristic, and laurel is very common. 



Edward E. Eames, Paxton, owns a water mill. He buys 

 small wood lots and cuts timber. He has a number of w r ood 

 lots well stocked with pine and chestnut, now too small to cut. 

 He has done a little planting of white pine. 



D. T. Grayton owns no mill, but buys wood lots and installs 

 portable mills. In good years he cuts about 1,000 M board feet 

 of pine, chestnut and hemlock. There are no woodworking 

 industries in Paxton. 



Land Types. 



1 Hardwoods are gray birch, red maple and oak. 



2 Pitch pine, hemlock and spruce. 



