These cooperatives were organized around four principles: efficiency of production and finance through the cooperative principle, participation in the construction of an economy of socialized abundance, interracial justice and realistic religion as a social dynamic. Because of its principles of economic equality between races, the cooperative paid all its members equal pay for equal work. Activities included cotton growing, cattle breeding, a pasteurization plant and a sawmill. Co-operatives also provided a variety of services to their members and surrounding communities, including a co-op store, a credit union, a medical clinic, educational programs, a library, religious services and summer student camps. Due to the tense political climate of the 1950s and poor cotton prices and sales volumes, the experiment ended around 1956 and the land was sold to the cooperative's members.