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Machine Works will run a good average in size, while a fair 

 amount will come under the head of mature merchantable. 

 Scattered throughout the entire town are small patches of 

 chestnut which will run to Class 2, although the majority is 

 slightly smaller. Pine occurs, but not abundantly, in Class 2. 



Stands of mixed hardwoods occur in many places. The plots 

 are small and the trees are seldom larger than Class 3. These 

 stands quickly run into chestnut and oak. Oak is very com- 

 mon. It occurs in large areas, generally in Class 3. Birch is 

 not present in large amounts. 



The type covering most of the town is a mijcture of chestnut 

 and oak sprouts, Class 4, with a stocking varying from 75 to 

 100 per cent. Where timber larger than Class 3 occurs it is 

 practically always straight and sound, and will furnish excellent 

 material for poles or for the sawmill. 



At the time the survey was made there were no sawmills or 

 woodworking industries in Northbridge. 



