THE CATIFOR].IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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How Lrumber Lrooks

Lumber shipments ol 479 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 6.1 per cent belorv production for the rveek ended January 10, 1953. In the same u,eek ne'il'orders of these mills were 1.9 per cent belorv production. Unfillled orders of the reporting mills amounted to 38 per cent of stocks. For the reporting softs'ood mills unfilled orders rvere equivalent to 22 days'production at the current rate, and gross stocks rvere equivalent to 55 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills n'ere 6.1 per cent belorv production ; nerv orders were 1.9 per cent belo.iv production.

Compared to the average corresponding week in 19351939, production of reporting mills rvas 123.9 per cent abor-e : shipments rvere 83.8 per cent above; nerv orders rvere 70.0 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding s'eek in 1952, production of reporting mills rvas 7.1 per cent above; shipments rvere 1.0 per cent above; and neu' orders rvere 7.5 per cent below.

Ccrrl C. Crow

As we go to press, a telegram was received reporting the death of Carl C. Crow, president of Crows Pacific Coast Lumber Digest, at Portland, Ore., on January 26. Funeral services were held at Portland on January 28.

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The \\restern Pine Association for the tveek ended January 10, 97 mills reporting, gave orders as 61,227,fiO feet, shipments 50,341,000 feet, and production 47,9&,ON feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 187,741,W feet'

The Southern Pine Association for the rveek ended January 10, 105 units (133 mills) reporting, gave orders as 19,797,W feet, shipments 19,075,000 feet, and production 21,374,0N feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 47.482.000 feet.

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