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BREWSTER 



The oak type covers a,bout 50f^ of the forest area of the 

 town. It has been ravaged by gypsy moths and has been cut off 

 so many times that it now fells into the smallest size class. 

 Mixed in with this oak there are e few other species, such as beech, 

 birch and maple, but of insufficient quantity to warrant mentioning. 



There a.re ebout 2,000 acres of idle land and some covered 

 with scrub oak which is plantable, marking a condition Virhlch is very 

 favorable to reforestation. Red pine and v^rhite pine are two species 

 which grow very readily on the type of soil found in Brewster. 



In the vicinity of South Brewster end Sheep and Long Ponds 

 there is a large area of oak of both cordwood size and smaller, with 

 patches of beech. This beech is one to two inches in diameter but 

 from the growth of the beech it would appear that at one time there 

 was beech here of possibly 8 to 10 inch diameter. This oak and 

 beech are not of merchantable quality, but if placed under forest 

 management there is no reason why they could not be grown to timber 

 size. 



