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in volume. The southern part of the town is more of a hard- 

 woods region. Here the main growth is chestnut and oak, with 

 white pine, birch and maple coming next in order named. 

 Occasionally small stands of pure hemlock were found. The 

 hardwoods, chestnut and oak, were found in both pure and 

 mixed stands. In the mixed hardwoods, suppressed pine was 

 found but very rarely. Small areas of gray birch and white 

 pine were found in mixture. 



Athol has one sawmill and several wood-using industries. 

 A sawmill situated in Athol and owned by Fred Patenaude cuts 

 8,000 board feet per day of white pine for local use. 



Athol Center has several wood-using industries, as follows: 

 (1) Diamond Match Company, which consumed 19,000,000 

 board feet of white pine in 1912 and 13,000,000 in 1913; this 

 was used for match blocks; 3,000,000 came from Maine, 

 1,000,000 from Connecticut, while the balance was divided 

 between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. (2) N. D. Cass 

 Company use 1,500,000 of white pine, chestnut and hemlock in 

 the manufacture of wooden toys. (3) Stratton Bros & Co., 

 manufacturers of boxes and interior house finishings, use 

 500,000 board feet of white pine and southern yellow pine; 

 the yellow pine amounting to 80,000 board feet. (4) A. J. 

 Raymond consumes 2,000,000 board feet of white and hard 

 pine and a small proportion of cypress in the manufacture of 

 sash, doors and blinds; this comes from California, Oregon, 

 Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. (5) 

 A. T. Tyler Company, product, sash and blinds, use 1,000,000 

 to 1,500,000 board feet of white pine, coming from New York 

 and Michigan, and about 100,000 feet of sugar pine, coming 

 from California. (6) L. Morse & Sons manufacture furniture 

 from white pine, oak and chestnut received from local parties. 

 (7) H. M. Peckham supplies local demands with rails, posts and 

 balustrades. 



