A WORKING PLAN FOR FOREST LANDS NEAR 

 PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS. 



PART I. 



THE TIMBERLANDS. 

 GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



The timberlands of the Sawyer & Austin Lumber Company are 

 situated in portions of Grant, Jefferson, and Saline counties. Ark., 

 and lie south of the Arkansas River about 100 miles from where it 

 empties into the Mississippi. They comprise 105,000 acres, about 5 

 per cent of which is bare of merchantable timber. The property is 

 very much cut up by farm lands and other private holdings. 



The tract is generally flat, except in the extreme northern portion, 

 where it is somewhat hilly. The elevation above sea level varies from 

 200 to 300 feet. All the principal streams flow in a southerly direction. 

 The most important are Saline River, Lost Creek. Hurricane Creek, 

 and Darysaw Creek, each of which has a very slight fall and an exceed- 

 ingly winding course. During the rainy season of March and April, 

 and after any heavy rainfall, the streams overflow their banks and 

 flood the bottom lands, making travel difficult or impossible. 



The tract is, for the most part, abundantly supplied with roads, but 

 as a rule these are poorly made and badly cared for, and are practically 

 impassable in wet weather. 



With the exception of a small area in the northern portion of the 

 tract the geological formation is alluvial. The soils are deep sandy 

 loams and loamy sands, and contain a slight admixture of clay. Beds 

 of gravel or pebble are very rare. On the small area in the north, 

 igneous rocks, chiefly granites, occur to some extent, and local deposits 

 of bauxite have recently been discovered and are now being mined. 

 Where granites occur the soils are shallower than on the alluvial plain. 

 Both the low, flat country of the south and the hilly Land of the 

 north are covered almost entirely by virgin growth of mixed pine and 

 hardwoods, while a pure hardwood forest is characteristic of the 

 bottom lands along the streams. 



MARKET, TAXES, AND TRANSPORTATION. 

 Although present prices for Yellow Bine are somewhat lower than 

 usual, there is a very good demand for all description- of pine lumber. 

 The higher grades are -hipped to the States of the Middle West or 



