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Portland, Oregon, February Z?-Most of the Douglas fir lumber region of western ()regon and Washington basked during January in "banana-belt" weather and lumber production picked up noticeabty for the month, reports H' V' Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Luttlbermen's Asscrciation.

Production ctl 914 million board feet for January cotlrpares with a cut of 577 million feet in January, 1950 ancl 627 million feet the first month of 1949. Simpson pointed out that otttput the two previotts years was seriously curbed by severe storms and freezing weather which cut deeply into lumber ctttting.

The lumber leader said the lumber transportation outlook for 1951 is not good. He forecast available cargo shipping space for 1951 would be only ffi/o of last year' He said the freight car shortage on western lines would be both longer and more severe than last year's record breaking six-months' drouth of cars. I-umbermen will be heard pressed to find either rvater or rail space to move lumber to markets, he rvarned.

The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in January was 203,130,000 b'f' or ll3/o of the 19'16-1950 average. Orders averaged 242,6fl0,ffi0 b.f.; shipments 210,795,000 b.f. Weelly averages for December were: Production 198,933,000 b.f. (110.7% of the 1946-1950 average) ; orclers 224,871,000 b.f.; shipments 194,975,000 b.f.

F'our weeks of l95t cumttlative productioni.'914,084,000 b.f.; four weeks of 1950 577,772,M b.f.; four weeks of. 1949 627,335,W b.f..

Orders for four weeks of 1951 breakdown as follows: Rail and truck 790,713,m b.f.; domestic cargo 209,658,000 b.f.; export 37,000,000 b.f.; local .54,599,000 b.{. }

The Indtrstry's unfillecl order file stood at l',024,954,000 b.f at tlre end of January; gross stocks at 759,579,000 b'f. *tt

The Western Pine Association for the week ended February 10, 98 mills reporting, gave orders as 41,612,000 feet, shipments 45,930,000 feet, and production 47,085,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 221,987,000

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