If we take a round number of 100 m3 per hectare as an approximation of the pine wood available in local forests, and we further assume that pine represents about two-thirds of the total volume of wood per hectare, this means that the average hectare of forest has about 150 m3 of wood total. Thus, we can estimate that the curing of tobacco required deforestation of about 25–50 ha of forest annually. For perhaps five of the 25 years of the tobacco boom kerosene was the dominant fuel. Therefore, during this 25 year period, tobacco cultivation deforested about 500– 1,000 ha. In comparison, the two sawmills that operated in the area during this time used “only” 1,000 m3 of pine wood per year each (2,000 m3 total per year) resulting in the deforestation of approximately 20 ha per year.