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^ Hardwoods are largely birch and maple, with some oak and chestnut in the larger sizes, 

 > Mostly hemlock and spruce. 



Auburn. 



Chestnut is the chief tree of the town, the chestnut and oak 

 type seeming to predominate. Most of it is still unmerchant- 

 able save for cordwood, and a good deal has been cut over 

 within the last ten years. Clear cutting is the rule, with a little 

 poor selection cutting which leaves thin, scraggly stands. 

 There are a few small stands of merchantable pine, notably 

 Prospect Park, just south of Stoneville. There is a good stand 

 of small merchantable chestnut and some pine about a mile 

 southeast of the center of the town. There is quite a little 

 maple swamp, and in places small stands of pitch pine. 



No sawmills nor woodworking industries were found in the 

 town. A mill belonging to Geo. L. Jacques of Worcester had 

 recently cut off the southeast slope of Prospect Hill, where 

 there was a stand of small chestnut, oak and some pine. 



