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chestnut timber are not in the best of condition. Gypsy and 

 brown-tail moth devastations have been most severe, and are 

 in evidence over the entire area of the town. Tree planting 

 has been practiced on a small scale in at least two instances by 

 citizens. One plantation is located near South Street and the 

 other is owned by a Mr. Wesson. These plantations have 

 reached the large pole stage and are in healthy condition. 



Guilford P. Heath cuts from 50 M tg 100 M board feet of 

 lumber per year. It is mostly chestnut, with a fair proportion 

 of oak and pine. G. H. Felt, although cutting no timber, buys 

 and sells pine, hemlock, hard pine, cypress, white wood and 

 red cedar, obtaining practically all the stock from outside the 

 State. 



Land Types. 



NORTHBRIDGE. 



Very few timber types are found in Northbridge. Chestnut 

 and chestnut and pine are most prominent. In the south- 

 western part of the town the stands belonging to the Whitin 



