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depot farm

Lumbering, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a farm, operated by a lumber company or privately owned, supplying fresh meat and vegetables, oats, etc., to lumber camps and often serving as a repository for supplies.

See: depot(def. 3),farm depot,shanty farming,lumber depot

Quotations

1947

When there was a depot farm run in connection with the camp, it was sometimes possible to obtain a limited supply of fresh vegetables.

1964

Depot farms such as the Egan Estate . . . were supply centres for the larger logging companies.