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WESTBOROUGH. 



The proportion of woodland is about 45 per cent., all in good 

 condition, but mostly of small growth. There is a noticeable 

 dearth of timber of all kinds on the land best adapted to grow- 

 ing it. A few wooded hills remain, covered with chestnut, oak 

 and pine, but by far the greater part of the timber consists of 

 soft maple, birch and cedar, running from Class 2 down to 

 reproduction, and this lies in or near the swamps. At the 

 present time little timber is being cut in Westborough, there 

 being no mills and but one woodworking factory. Cordwood is 

 handled only by dealers in coal and wood. 



Frank Bartlett, owner of a box factory, cuts no timber. He 

 uses spruce, pine shingles and some chestnut and oak. He uses 

 about 3,000,000 board feet per year, most of which is obtained 

 from outside of Massachusetts. 



Land Types. 



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



2 Pitch pine in the large sizes; white cedar in the smaller sizes. 



