﻿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 
  

   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 
  

   l'uo 
  to 
  :;oo 
  feet. 
  All 
  the 
  principal 
  streams 
  flow 
  iii 
  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 
  Pine 
  are 
  somewhat 
  lower 
  than 
  

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

   The 
  higher 
  grades 
  are 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  State- 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  West 
  or 
  

  

  