farm depot Lumbering, Hist.
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 also: depot farm
- 1912  With the return of winter another change came over the farm depot, which this time took on the appearance of a busy market centre. Thither the settlers betook themselves, bringing their oats, hay, pork, beef and other products of their little farms to convert into money or exchange for the necessaries of life. . . .