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wood and its cutting at the right time, would also sell it on the 

 large markets, to which it would convey it in large quantity, 

 thus reducing the cost of carriage, etc. In addition, the society 

 would also give the members credit, advancing them loans on 

 the wood cut and not yet sold, etc. It would also have power 

 to purchase wholesale for its members various implements, etc. 

 It could even, when circumstances permit, instal sawmills and 

 plant for charcoal burning, and generally utilize forest products. 



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Besides the above objects, the society of which we speak 

 should also perform a technical educational duty, that of pro- 

 moting the practical knowledge of forest economics, etc. 



Now, it is for the Austrian forest owners to found a large 

 number of such societies. The movement undertaken in this 

 field should be similar to that realized in agricultural cooperation. 

 First of all, a network of local cooperative societies should be 

 founded to be grouped later in central provincial organizations. 

 These should, in their turn, federate in a single body, with the 

 whole State for its sphere of action, thus completing the organi- 

 zation of forestry cooperation. 



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The principal task of the Provincial Forestry Federations 

 should be the inspection of the affiliated cooperative societies, 

 both from the technical and the financial point of view; they 

 would then be a guiding influence favoring the further develop- 

 ment of cooperative organization in the field of forestry; they 

 would purchase seeds, plants, implements, etc., wholesale for 

 the account of the affiliated cooperative societies, for which they 

 would at the same time serve as central banks ; finally, they would 

 represent the adhering associations and would support their 

 interests in all questions of forestry and commercial policy. To 

 attain this object, the small forest owners must associate with 

 the larger; it is only in this way that forestry can assure itself 

 a wide and firm basis for the defense of its own interests. 



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(1) that the economic organization of the forest owners is 

 an urgent necessity ; the small forest proprietors require to unite 

 in cooperative societies for sales, on the above principles ; 



(2) the provincial forestry associations are recommended to 

 effectually encourage the formation of such local cooperative 

 societies and to organize provincial forestry federations for 

 these; the associations should also address themselves, either 

 directly or through the medium of the agricultural organizations, 

 to the competent authorities with a view to obtaining the means 

 necessary for undertaking the work of propaganda and organiza- 

 tion by the help of instructors, experienced in the matter of 

 cooperation, and itinerant forestry lecturers. 



