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but his work now is largely confined to custom sawing of logs 

 brought in. Chestnut is the chief product, and is put into 

 dimension lumber for local building purposes. 



' Hardwoods are mostly maple. 



3 About 50 per cent, pitch pine; remainder, largely hemlock. 



Hakvaed. 

 The hills in this town are covered mostly with the chestnut 

 and oak type, with considerable white pine in mixture and as 

 an understory. Frequent stands of white pine occur on ridges 

 and benches. In the northeastern part of the town near Shaker 

 River is an extensive stand of white pine of first quality and 

 size. Similar stands are also found on some flat land extending 

 into, but raised above, the great swamp in the southwestern 

 part of the town. Poplar and maple are found in the swamps 

 of the stream bottoms, while on raised situations some pine is 

 found. Gray birch is rapidly coming into the old pastures and 

 in small tracts where there is an outcropping of sandy or rocky 



