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while the old pastures are fast growing up to gray birch. Soft 

 maple occurs in the swanips, but the size of this is small, and 

 it is of little practical importance. White pine occurs scatter- 

 ingly in small percentages in nearly all types, but the only place 

 where pure stands are likely to develop naturally is in the 

 extreme eastern part. Located in this section is a fine but 

 small tract of merchantable hemlock. 



There are two stationary sawmills. One is owned by D. 

 Tyler and is located east of Ragged Hill on Mill Brook. This 

 mill is run by water power. The other is a g&,soline sawmill 

 owned by Henry Foster on Long Hill in the extreme southern 

 part of the town. Both of these operators do only small odd 

 jobs as the needs of the neighbors require. The logs for these 

 purposes are supplied by the farmers. 



The chief out-of-town operators are George Wasson and A. N. 

 Cony of Ware, and Messrs. Cummings and Fullam of North 

 Brookfield. The lumber sawed is mostly chestnut, oak and 

 pine, with some ash, birch and maple. 



