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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Pub. Doc. 



List of Forest Wardens and Local Moth Superintendents — Con. 



Telephone 

 Number. 



Forest Warden. 



Town or City. 



Local Moth 

 Superintendent. 



Div. 



No. 



46-2, . 

 34-14, . 

 34-4, . 

 29, 



123-2, . 

 201-12, Dalton, 



110, . 

 7112, Park, . 

 10-22, . 



53-33, . 



J. Edward Pierpont, 

 William Davies, 

 Howard M. Horton, 

 Arlon D. Bailey, 

 David H. DeCourcy, 

 Amos Ferry, 



Frank E. Tracy, 

 Arthur V. Parker, . 

 Chas. Kilbourn, 

 Geo. H. E. Mayshaw, 

 Jos. W. Hamblin, 



Williamsburg, 



Williamstown, 



Wilmington, 



Winchendon, 



Winchester, 



Windsor, 



Winthrop, 



Wobum, 



Worcester, 



Worthington, 



Wrentham, . 



Yarmouth, 



Wm. Davies, 

 O. McGrane, 

 G. W. Drury, 



S. S. Symmes, 



W. A. Whittemore, 

 J. H. Kelley, 

 H. J. Neale, . 



W. Gilmore, . 

 C. R. Bassett, 



Winchendon showing much Interest in Forestry. 

 One of the first towns in the State to co-operate with this 

 department was the town of Winchendon. Practical undertak- 

 ings were begun by some of the farsighted and stable business 

 men of the town, and these have been splendid object lessons. 

 The late Mr. John Folsom, who had been the official in charge 

 of the town trees for years, spent his last days in interesting 

 his townsmen in reforestation and in practicing modern forestry. 

 Winchendon village is a beautiful New England hamlet nestling 

 in a valley of the town, which borders the New Hampshire line, 

 and at an elevation of over 1,000 feet. The chief industries of 

 the town are those requiring quantities of forest products, 

 particularly white pine. Winchendon is noted for its produc- 

 tions of wooden pails, tubs, toys, ice-cream freezers and a 

 variety of manufactured wooden products. The numerous fac- 

 tories here established are dependent for their future raw^ ma- 

 terial upon the forests. The country about Winchendon is 

 ideally adapted for forestry, and offers an exceptional opportu- 

 nity to demonstrate how valuable an asset modern forestry can 

 be made to a Massachusetts or New England town. In a 

 natural forest country, like that found in rural sections of this 

 State, there are great possibilities for our people to gain a 



