Contents 



Page 



The cooperative today 2 



How it began 3 



Preliminary steps to organizing- 6 



Some organizational and 



operational features 6 



Membership and control 7 



Financing 9 



Method of paying members — 11 



Management 11 



Policy guides 17 



Operating results 18 



Dollar volume of business — 18 



Membership growth 18 



Income per member 19 



Other benefits 21 



To local people 21 



To timber resources 22 



To purchasers 22 



To Forest Service 23 



General observations 24 



Cooperative must serve 



an economic need 24 



Cooperative must be soundly 



organized 25 



Cooperative must be well 



managed 26 



Cooperative must be well 



financed 27 



