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Lumber shipments of -190 n.rills reirttrting to the \lrtiorlal Lumber Trade Baromcter n'ere 2.6 per cent above production for the u-eek encled Februarl' 7. 1953. ln thc satne week nelv orders of these mills u'ere 9.5 per cent above production. Unfilled orders of the repr.rrtilrg mills atttottnted to 43 per cent of stocks. For the rel)orting softu'ot,cl miils unfilled orders \vere equivalent to 2-l dals' proclllclirtt .t the current rate, and gross stocks \\'ere eqtrir-alent tt-, 5-l days' production.

For the year-to-clate. shipments of reporting ideutical mills rvere .1..1 per cent above production; tteu- orders wcre 7.6 per cent above production.

Compared to the .Iverage corrcsponding u'eck in 19351939, production of reporting mills rvas 11-1.2 irer cerrt above ; shiirments rvere 78.2 l)er cent lrl'love ; tte n' orders u'ere 85.3 per cent above. Compared to the corrcsporltlitrg u'eek in 1952, production of rcportirtg mills t-as 10.0 per cent above; shipments u'ere 0.3 Per cclit bclou-; attd tren' orders u'ere 12.9 pcr cetrt altote.

The \\-estern I'iue Associatiot.t for the rvee k e nclcd Feltruary 7, 111 mills reporting, gave orclers as 73,038,000 ieet, shiprnerrts 71,2(8.M)O feet, and pro<luction (r1.-1S7.000 iect. Orders on har.rd at the cnd of the rvcck totaletl 250.3-+9,000 feet.

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The Soutl.rern I'itre .\sst,ciati,.,rt ior the u.eek ettcletl l;ebrttar-r' 7, 103 units ( 1fS ntills) reptirtirtg. g;tlc t,rders as ll.396.0fi) feet. shipnrents 18.3*{.OO(J fcct anrl prt,dttcti,,r'r 20.793.000 feet. C)rders on hlrtt<l lrt the crr(l ,,f thc n.eek totale<l 50.290,000 feet.

The \\,-est Coast l-unrlre rtttct.t's :\>:ocilttiott for the u'eck en<lecl Fcbruar-r- 7, 189 rnills leporting. gale ortlers as l3-1,2+1,U10 feet. shiirnre rrts lltr.5.l9.(D0 feet :rntl pr,rrlucti,rn 130.(Ct.rntinuetl on I'age 52.)

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