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Enthusiastic members continued to sign up with the new co-operative. The 1950 Directors Report noted that membership had grown from 38 to 52. During the formative years of the fifties NCT grew steadily. Markets continued to expand and the demand for wood products grew. Still the constant

struggle to sell greater volumes and obtain satisfactory prices for timber continued.

Some examples of prices and volumes in this early period were: Pine logs to Masonite R3.25 per ton delivered Estcourt; and Contracted quantities of pine:

Col WS Slatter Second Chairman of NCT 1954 to 1963

5261 tons in 1950 9880 tons in 1951 7164 tons in 1952

Cut firewood sales constituted a large part of the business at R2.25 per ton FOR Senders station. Fencing droppers fetched R1.00 per 100 FOR Dalton!

Eucalyptus citriodora plantation near Kwambonambi, 1957

A fire-watch tower dating from 1953

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