Distribution of Redwood Shipments - First Hqlf of | 957

This report shows the distribution of redwood shipments to each state and to various regions for the years 1955, 1956, " and for the first half of 1957, as reported by the mills which have reported regularly for the Monthly Mill Report.

Table No. 1 shows the distribution to the regions used for the Monthly Mill Report. For 1957, tr,vo sets of figures are shown, one taken from the N{onthly Mill Report and the other taken from the Distribution by States report. As has always been the case, there are diffeqences in the two sets of figures. The differBnces in the trvo reporrs are nor great-enough to have any statistical significance.

Because the current figures are for six months only, the volume figures for 1957 are not directly comparable to the annual figures for 1955 and 1956, shown for comparative purposes. To make the comparison of relative activity easier, a column showing the first half of 1957 as percent of the twelve months of 1956 has been added. If the shipments had been at the same annual rate as 1956, these percentages would, of course, show 5O/o. Actually the total shipments reported .rere 46/o of the preceding year or at an annual rate about 8/o lower than last year. Because of the fact that first half shipments rvere much heavier than the second half of 1956, the 1957 figures are, of course, more than 8/o under the first half of last year-about 17fu/o off, according to the Monthly Mill Report.

These percentage figures can be used not only to indicate the relative level of activity into the same area compared to the last year, but whether that area contributed to the overall decrease in shipments. A study of these figures shows that frequently the largest variations from the average percentage figure is shorvn by states or regions whose shipments had changed quite radically in 1956, so that the 1957 level of activity is more nearly in line rvith earlier figures than with the 1956 shipments. This is, hor,vever, not always the case. Sometimes there is evidence of continuation of a trend that has been previously noticeable. Because of these facts, 1955 figures as well as 1956 are shorvn.

The two major regions shown on the Monthly Mill Report, California and Eastern, l\/ere each relatir/ely near the average so far as change in annual rates is concerned. California showed a little greater than average decrease; Eastern somewhat less than average. The Western and Rocky Mountain regions made considerably better showing, while the offshore shipments were relatively less favorable.

Of the sub-regions east of the Rocky Mountains, the New England States made by far the best showing, their six months shipments being 62/o of the full year of 1956. The poorest showing was made by the very small South Atlantic group and by the very important Central States. The only other group taking a smaller than average percentage was the also important Middle Atlantic States.

The remaining groups were fairly close together, from 3/o to 7/o above the average for the east. Redwood shipments to Nerv England were 5.7/o of total redwood shipments east of the Rockies, r,vhich is the greatest percentage shown by New England since 1936; the Central States dropped to 32.4/o, the lorvest percentage shown by this group since the 'ivar.

Texas, Oh'io and Illinois continued as the three top states outside of California, with Texas increasing its lead. Shipments to Minnesota in fourth place were but two-thirds of the shipments to Illinois. The same states held the top ten positions in volume east of the Rockies, but shipments to both Colorado and Arizona were higher than those to Missouri, which held the tenth spot.

All New England states showed favorable activity, with the greatest volume increase being indicated by Rhode Island, where last year's shipments were nearly equaled in six months. The low-volume states of Maine and Vermont showed very great percentage increases.

The relatively low percentage shown by the Middle Atlantic states was due to low volume of shipments to the district of Columbia, with but l9/o of the 1956 shipments in tl-re first half, and Pennsylvania with 37%. All other states in the group made a relatively good-showing, lvith New Jersey the best of the group.

Although three of the Lake States were relatively active rvithout too much difference indicated. all but trvo of the Central States took less than the average percentage of

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The good showing by Western States is entirely due to shipments to Arizona, which were74/o of 1956 annual. The other three states in the Western group showed materially decreased activity. Arizona shipments were almost twothirds of the four-states total. Montana was the only one of the six Rocky Mountain states taking lower than the general average percentage of 1956 shipments. Colorado again took half of the shipments to the group, with Utah taking half of the remainder. However, the greatest increase in activity was shown by Wyoming, New Mexico and ldaho.

R,EDWOOD REGION TREE FARMS

One assurance that you, as lumber retailers, will have redwood lumber to sell in perpetuity (that's a ten dollar word, at the going market, meaning, "as long as you or your heirs have an interest in the business") is the Redwood Region Tree Farm

As an aid to those who wish to apply a finish, the California Redwood Association tra6 birUtistred. a revised supplement to its Redwood Daia Sheet 483-1, "Exterior Finishes for Redwood." The supplement ii the result of extensive tests by the CRAt Research Division on various natural finishes for redwood.

Listed in this newest supplement are the 20 natural finish sy_stems which have met the minimum durability standards of the CRA. These are the ,,survivors" df 285 finish systems which have been submitted to the CRA for testing in the past eisht vears.

Finishes are-applied-to redwood panels and submitted to an accelerated weathering test. At the same time, they a_re exposed to natural lieathering on a test fence at Cloverdale, California, for a per:iod of 1g months. Finishes which pass these initial tests are then listed in the supplement, issued periodically. CRA also maintain test stations in Arizona; Minnesota, program. This diamond-shaped sign on CRA member company and smaller private forest holdings indicates that the owner is pledged to a program of sound forest management for a continuing production of forest products. It's an assurance to the public that he is not a "cut-out-and-get-out" operator. Contrary to some of the articles which you may have seen in the press, this is not a "gimmick" to dodge taxes and the wrath of the "lock-it-up" conservationists. It is evidence that the taxpaying owner has pledged hirnself to : ( 1) maintain his land in a condition to produce forest crops under good forest practices; (2) provide reasonable protection from fire and other damage, inclucling grazing; (3) harvest the crop of standing timber in a lnanller which will assure future crops; and (4) furnish inforn.ration to CRA (the certifying agency for the Redwood Region) o11 progress, future plaus, irnproveurents, protection, and cutting practices.

Texas, Missouri, Illinois, New York and Florida under a variety of climatic conditions. Finish systems which fail under any of these climatic conditioni are dropped from the supplement.

During 1957, the tree farm program in the Redwood Region l-ras gone forlvard under Fred l-andenberger, a trained forester working under Emanuel Fritz, Consulting Forester to CRA. Seventeen nerv tree farms totalling 41,73I acres have been added to the program, bringing the totals now certified, or approved for certification, to 60 tree farms with a total acreage of 372,523. This is more than five times the acreage of state arrd national parks in the Redrvood Region.

CRA of NAHB, €hicogo

l\,Iake the California Redwood Association's booth at the National Association of Homebuilders' convention in Chicago (January 19 to 23) a place to put your builder-customers in touch with your suppliers. It's going to be a spot that you, as redwood merchandisers, will be proud of.

Phil Lewis, of CRA's Promotion Division, has been working with Ernest Born, well-known architect of San Francisco, on an outstanding design which will display the finest uses of redwood and a presentation of where redwood is manufactured. There will be a stylized map of the Redwood Region with aerial views of CRA member company mills-and their representatives will be on hand to anslver questions. A continuous showing of attractive color slides suggesting the many fine ways in which redwood lumber can be used, a treasure chest of ideas on suggested patterns, applications and finishes, and a booklet in'corporating some of the best from the recent issues of the popular CRA publication, "Redwood News," are some of the features of Booth No. 572 in the Wood Products Division at the Sherman Hotel.

Remind your builder-customers of the date: January 19 to 23. Theyll be there. Will you?

Only one board in fifty can be of California redwood yet it outlasts many other softwoods.

CRA lssues Deqlers Hondy Check Lisf of Dotq Sheets ro Reqdh Record Redwood Soles

To assist architects, builders and home planners in the use of redwood products, The California Redwood Association has published a revised and categorized index of data sheets on redwood for the specifier's files. The index lists a total of 76 data sheets, three booklets and one quarterly magazine which describes numerous phases in the production, use and treatment of redwood products.

The list of subject matter includep the Phvsiology of Trees, Tree Farms, properties and uses of California redwoods, machining and gluing, redwood grading, durability and strength, shrinkage, insulation qualities, fire resistance, and data sheets on redwood's density, weight, specific gravity and other sucLr information.

Range of subject matter on the use of redwood covers various phases of home building such as interior paneling, redwood walls of all types, siding and garage doors. Garden use of redwood is also rvell covered in literature on fences and windbreaks.

This list of literature on redwood and its uses is an index of valuable information available on request to architects, builders, designers and other specifiers.

HO'\AE BUIIDING

3A Sweef's Cotolog Inseil

3A4-l Redwood Siding:

Applicorion

Board and Batfen Walls

Shiplop Wolls

Bevel Siding Wolls

Anzoc Siding Wolls

Tongue ond Groove Wolls

Rcdwood GcrcAe Doors

Redwood lnleriors:

Specifcotions

Redwood Poneling:

Applicorion ond Finishing

2C2-l MouldingPqllerns PROPERTIES

2D2-l Durobiliry

2D2-2 Strength of Redwood

",,1,: i,riili,runber

2D2-3 Shrinkcqe of Lumber

2D24 Lumber Density, Weighr, Specific Grovity

2D2-S lumber Stiffness, l{ordness, 5hock Resistonce

2D2-6 Insulafion-Heot,Sound and Electricily

2D2-7 Fire Resistonce

FARM

3B-l Redwood Lumber on Colifornio Forms

Suitobiliry of Woods for Use in Barns, elc.

Colf Pan

Grqde A i/lilking Born

Uriliry Hog House

Rsbbit Hurches

Conle Fecd RqckSiloge Bunk

383-2 Hog Self Feeder

383.3 Sheep Feeding Equipment

385-l Poultry Feedars

385-5

Portoble Poultry House

BOOKIETS

Redwood Goes to School

Pottern Book

Stondord Specifi cctions shelters and work centers; retaining walls, steps and walkways; patios. planters and garden furniture.

Industrial use of redwood is contained in sheets on redwood tanks and vats for acids, plating solutions, bases and salts, organic and inorganic substances and foods; redwood pipe, firewalls, air cleaning equipment and furniture cores.

There are also sheets on fastenings; interior, exterior and weathered finishes and their maintenance. Available also are booklets on school architecture and patterns and specifications. The CRA makes available files which include many of the listed publications for the use of architects, builders, landscape architects and interior designers.

A quarterly magazine, "Redwood News," published by the CRA, illustrates the latest and most interesting architectural and industrial uses of redwood.

The index for these publications and the listed items may be had by writing to the California Redrvood Association, 576 Sacramento Street, San Francisco ll, California.

Sheet No.

GARDEN REDWOOD

3C Gorden ldeos from Colifornio

3Cl-l Rcdwood Fenccs qnd Windbreoks

3C2.1 Gorden Redwood

3C3-l Gorden Shelters ond Work Centers

3C4-l Retoining Wclls, Sreps ond Roired Beds

3C5-l Pctio Poving with Redwood

3C6l Redwood Plant Supporls

3C7-l Redwood Plonter Boxes

3C8-l Redwood Gorden Furniture

INDUSIRIAI

SDln Redwod Tonks and Vorc

3Dt-2 Redwood Tqnk Moinlenqnce

3Dl-3 Redwood Tonks for the Chemicol Industry

3Dl4 Redwod Tonks for Alcoholic Bevercges

3Dl-5 Redwood Tonks for Food Processing

3Dl-5 Petroleum Industry

3Dt.7 Redwood Tqnks for the Pulp ond Poper Mill

3D1.9 Redwood Tcnks for the Tonnery

3D2-l HydrochloricAcid

3D2-2 Plofing Solutions

3D2€ Sulphuric Acid

3D24 Orgonic Acidr

3D2-5 Bqses

3D24 lnorgonic Solts

3D2-7 Inorgonic Acids

3D2-8 Miscellqneous Solutions

3D3.1 Redwood Cooling fower illoinlenonce

3D4-2 Redwood Pipe

3Dgjl Redwood Fire Wolls

3DIl.I Air Cleoning Equipment

3E4.1 Sewoge Disposol Plonts

3Fl-3 Furnilure Cores

FASTENINGS

4Al.l Noils ond Nciling

4.Al-2 Timber Fcstenings

FINISHES

483-l Exterior Finishes for Redwood

493-2 WeotheredRedwood

4B/t-l InleriorFinishes

485-l llointenonce of Redwood Finishes

PRESENTATION FILES

Architect's

Builder's

[ondscopc Architect

Interior Designers

QUARIERIY MAGAZINE

Redwood News-illustroies the lotest cnd most interesting archifeclurol cnd industriol uses of redwood.