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Note 6 - Land Purchases and Sales
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Real Estate Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
6
:
      Land Purchases and Sales
 
Land Purchases
 
The Company did
not
purchase any lands during the years ended
December 31, 2018
and
2017.
However, in
2017
the Company did incur costs of
$76,432
to clear, survey and improve drainage on certain lands. These costs increase the value of the land and were
not
considered maintenance costs.
 
Land Sales
 
During the year ended
December 31, 2018,
the Company sold the following lands:
 
 
   
+/-
 
Louisiana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mineral
 
Quarter
 
Acres
 
Parish
 
Ownership
   
Land
   
Timber
   
Rights %
 
1st
   
17
 
Calcasieu
   
100
%   $
128,000
     
-
     
0
%
1st
   
20
 
Calcasieu
   
16.7
%   $
147,625
     
-
     
0
%
1st
   
211
 
Calcasieu
   
16.7
%   $
536,572
     
-
     
100
%
1st
   
76
 
Calcasieu
   
16.7
%   $
189,167
     
-
     
0
%
 
 
During the year ended
December 31, 2017,
the Company sold the following lands:
 
 
   
+/-
 
Louisiana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mineral
 
Quarter
 
Acres
 
Parish
 
Ownership
   
Land
   
Timber
   
Rights %
 
1st
   
1
 
Calcasieu
   
100
%   $
3,390
     
-
     
0
%
3rd
   
2
 
Calcasieu
   
16.7
%   $
888
     
-
     
0
%
3rd
   
44
 
Calcasieu
   
16.7
%   $
31,196
     
-
     
50
%
4th
   
0.4
 
Calcasieu
   
100
%   $
3,914
     
-
     
0
%
 
 
The
3rd
quarter sale of +/-
44
acres in Calcasieu parish was structured as a
1031
Exchange for income tax purposes. See Note
2
for more details. For the years ended
December 31, 2018
and
2017,
the gains on sales of land were
$881,654
and
$34,711,
respectively.