TRURO 



Truro is one of the towns on the lower end of the Gape 

 where the woodlend is running out. There pre 1900 acres of pitch 

 pine, TDut this pitch pine is only four or five feet in height and 

 four inches in diameter. It forms a ground cover, but it is of 

 no commercial value. There are large areas covered v;ith hog 

 cranberries which form a good ground cover to hold the moisture, 

 but no forest growth is to be seen. Extensive reforesta.tion r/ill 

 ma,ke a great difference in the appears.nce of this town. Forty-five 

 years p.go a man by the name of HcKenny brought Austrian pine seed 

 from Europe and planted them in his yard . Today we see the few 

 specimens that remain from his efforts. This is just one more 

 exajnple of the possibilities of forestry on Cape Cod. During the 

 past year fire burned an area from one side of the Cape to the other 

 and bounded on the other tvro sides by the Fernet River and Wellfleet 

 town line. This area was covered v/ith pitch pine and oak, but the 

 fire has killed pra^ctically the entire sta^nd. In order to cover up 

 this ugly scar it is necessa.ry to plant the area. 



