Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 12: LAND USE
Timber and Logging Record

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TAGS: Land use, timber and logging record, Leon Deschamps, The Perfect Acre, Selection System, PMSS forest land, Pine Mountain Tract, tree species

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LAND USE Timber and Logging Record

The record below is a very early assessment of the timber tract at Pine Mountain Settlement School. The back of the record holds the name of Leon Deschamps, who most likely did the assessment and recorded it for the School. Deschamp was the Farm and Forest Manager for the School in its earliest years and created model tract, “The Perfect Acre”, located behind the Chapel.

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TRANSCRIPTION

The record reads as follows:

PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL FOREST LAND
Pine Mountain Tract

The whole tract to be managed under the Selection System. Not more than 200 BFM to be removed per acre per year. However, when there are very large trees (over mature) on the tract, up to 400 BFM can be removed without injury.

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In 1921 lot 2 Block II was clear cut, this operation was necessary owing to the bad shape the forest had been left in after the previous logging operations conducted a few years ago. (A few more trees will be removed from this lot but not before 1926.)

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Pine Mountain Tract

Total area 119.48 Acres.

Total estimated standing timber September 1921 = 500,000 as follows:

Maple	115,000	Cucumber	7,500
Basswood	85,000	Hemlock	4,500
Chestnut	85,000	Hickory	5,000
White Oak	65,000	Buckeye	2,500
Red Oak	65,000	Ash	2,500
Poplar	40,000	Black Walnut	2,500
Beech	15,000	Black Gum	2,500

In 1921 there were removed from Lot 2 Block II 22,620 B.F. [Board Feet]

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GALLERY: LAND USE Timber and Logging Record

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See Also:

LAND USE Guide

LEON DESCHAMPS Staff – Biography
LEON DESCHAMPS Correspondence – 1921-1960

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