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Sturbridge. 



The largest individual type is gray birch and maple closely 

 followed by oak. Chestnut and pine are not such prominent 

 types as they are in neighboring towns, due to the fact that the 

 town has beeii heavily logged for these species in recent years. 

 For the same reason there is a dearth of larger size classes. 



There are no wood-using industries in the town, and most of 

 the logging is done by operators from Southbridge and Oxford. 

 George Wright is the owner of a sawmill. 



Sutton. 

 The most common wood types are chestnut, gray birch and 

 maple. White pine is rare, except along the southern border of 

 the town and around the drier shores of the pond?. In such 

 locations good stands occur. Most of the timber is in the small 

 merchantable class. The ridges are stocked to almost 100 



