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Subscription Price, $3.00 per Yecr Single Gopies, 25 cents ecch LOS.\NGELES 1+. C^\LIFORNI.\. T^\\U.{RY 15. 1953

How Lrumber Lrook,s

Lumber shipments of 485 mills reporting to the \ational Lumber Trade Barometer rvere 3.3 per cent belorv production for the neek ended December 27,1952. In the same u'eek nel'orders of these mills u'ere 11.2 per cent above production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amounted to 34 per cent of stocks. For the reporting softrrood mills rrnfilled orders u'ere equivalent to 20 dar-s' production at rl.rc curr€flt rate, and gross stocks \vere ecluir-alent to 56 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills rvere 3.3 per cent above production; nen- orders \\:ere 1.9 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding u'eek in 19351939, production of reporting mills u'as 73.2 per cent above : shipments u'ere 28.6 per cent above; nerr' orders lvere 3l.l per cent above. Compared to the corresponding rveek in 1951, production of reporting mills rvas 8.7 per cent abor-e; shipments l'ere 1.2 per cent above; and nerv orders s'ere 8.5 per cent belorv.

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E Stfttry lLf,dtor sril tttlfclsco oFFlcE W. ceir-ed as 4(>.23O,000 feet, shiprnents 47.1&3.000 feet. and production 52.586.000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled -18.995,000 feet.

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The Southern Pine -\ssociation for the rveek ended December 27. lO3 units (126 mills) reporting. gave orders as 10.0-+9,000 feet. shipments 10.785.000 feet, and productiorr 11.361.000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled48,790.000feet.

The \\'est Coast Lumberrnen's Association for the rveek (Continued on page -l)

The \\restern Pine for the n'eek ended Dccember 20,97 mills reporting, gave orders as 57.D1,@0 feet, shipments 57,474,000 feet, and production 63.224.000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the u'eek totaled l(r1.533,000feet.

The California Redwood Association for the month of November. 1952, 17 companies reporting. gave orders re-

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