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own sawmill operated by water power. They use only local 

 pine. The W. G. Fiske Lumber Company have a stationary 

 mill, but do not do much cutting themselves. This past year 

 they cut and sawed about 100 M board feet of lumber of which 

 75 per cent, was pine, the remainder being chestnut and oak. 



1 About one-third of the oak type is made up of white oak. 

 3 Hardwoods are maple and gray birch. 

 » Pitch pine. 



UXBEIDGE. 



The woodlands constitute about 70 per cent, of the area of 

 the entire town, the principal species being pitch and white 

 pine, oak and chestnut. The general condition of the timber is 

 fair. There are numerous open spaces — as a result of lumber- 

 ing operations, forest fires and the abandoning of farms — 

 which could profitably be reforested. The best timber lies in 

 the south central portion, and ranges from Class 3 to Class 1, 

 with a stocking in some parts of 100 per cent. 



