Au Sable Forest Products Association 

 is no exception. Nearly all of its 

 business has been representedby mem- 

 ber patronage. 



Membership increased from 20 

 charter members in 1940 to 187 in 

 1960. While there has been a turnover 

 from one season to the next, the num- 

 ber of members has been fairly stable 

 since 1957. An average of approxi- 

 mately 169 woodland owners belonged 

 to the association during this period. 

 A review of the association's current 

 mem.bership shows that approximately 

 60 percent are related to other mem- 

 bers by blood or marriage. 



Income Per Member 



The buildup in the association's 

 timber business reflects members' 

 increasing reliance on the cooperative 

 as a source of income. This is illus- 

 trated in table 1 which shows the 

 number of members and the proportion 

 of their totalincome they received from 

 the cooperative in 1951 and in 1960. 



In 1951, 72 percent of the member- 

 ship derived less than one -fourth of 



Table 1. - Members' reliance upon Au Sable 

 as a source of income, 1951 and 1960 



Year 



Number 



of 

 mennbers 



Percent of members receiv- 

 ing various proportions 

 of income from association 



Less 

 than 

 1/4 



1/4 

 to 

 3/4 



More 

 than 

 3/4 



1951 

 1960 



150 

 187 



72 17 11 

 67 15 18 



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