Cooperative Management And Marketing For The Woodland Owner

"This bibliography was prepared as an aid to federal, state and county foresters who are interested in forming cooperative associations for the management of forest land and the markeing of forest products. ... Cooperative marketing of forest products in a comparatively new development in this country and the literature is scattered and fragmentary. All referecnes located on the subject have therefore been included even when they consist of only a page or a paragraph." Signed by Mildred B. Williams, Librarian.

"Farmers' cooperative organizations for the marketing of farm produce have increased in number very rapidly in recent years. Certain kinds of produce are no very commonly marketed through associations. Woodland products also may be marketed in this manner. In fact some cooperative shingle mills are already in operation, and box factories maintained for the supplying of boxes to fruit growers at cost might be considered cooperative enterprises. Much more might be done in this line, and this bulletin points out that what has been done in the cooperative marketing of other farm products can be done with woodland products also, with benefit both to the farmer and to the woodlands." -- p. 2

S2This bibliography is a comprehensive listing of domestic articles and research papers, as well as foreign research papers, about forest cooperatives. The compilation was made in conjunction with and as a byproduct of a formal socio-economic analysis of forestry associations. The articles concern, directly or indirectly, the activities of cooperative associations formed by forest landowners to market timber and timber products.S3.