CKX Lands, Inc. is engaged in the business of ownership and management of land. The Company's primary activities consist of leasing its properties for minerals (oil and gas), raising and harvesting timber, and surface use (agriculture, right of ways, hunting). The Company's segments are oil and gas, surface and timber. The Company owns land, timber and mineral interests, and collects income through its ownership in the form of oil and gas royalties, timber sales, and surface leases for farming, right of way and other uses. The Company is not involved in the exploration or production of oil and gas nor does it actively farm its lands. The Company owns a total of approximately 13,195 net acres all located in Louisiana. Of the total approximately 13,195 net acres owned by the Company, timber land comprises 9,833 acres, 2,225 acres are agricultural land, 943 acres are marsh land and 194 acres are subdivision land.