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Lumber shipments of. 397 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 7.5 per'cent above production for the week ended February 28, 1948. In the same week new orders of these mills were 1O.8 per cent above production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills amount to 6O per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 28 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 44 days'production.

For the year-to-date, shipments o{ reporting identical mills were 5.2 per cent above production; orders were 8.3 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 193539, production of reporting mills 'ivas 82.2 per cent above; shipments were 67.7 per cent above; orders were 88.0 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1947, prodrction of reporting mills was 6.4 per cent above ; shipments were 0.3 per cent above, and nerv orders were 13.0 per cent below.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended Feb-

Custom Miling and MiUing In Trcrnsit Hcrndled ct Big Reno Plcrnt

Attention is drawn to the ad on another page of this issue of Vaughn l\{illwork Co., North Valley Road, Reno, Nevada, advertising their Tacilities for custom milling and milling in transit. Glen Ainsworth is sales manager. Mailing address is P.O. Box 679, and telephone number is Reno 23431.

ruary 28, 106 mills reporting, gave orders as 62,5D,O00 feet, shipments 65,334,000 feet, and production 54,416,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 165,571,000 feet.

The Southern Pine .Association for the rveek ended February ?3, 70 units (91 mills) reporting, gave orders as 11,780,000 feet, shipments 14,015,000 feet, and production 14,021,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the 'iveek totaled 59.198.000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week cnded February 21, 159 mills reporting, gave orders as 95,497,ffiO feet, shipments 101,020,000 feet, and production. 105.821.000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 511,154,000 feet.

For the r.veek ended February 28, I59 mills reporting, gave orders as 114,451,000 feet, shipments 107,870,000 feet, and production 106,547,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 524.604.000 feet.

We Often Wonder, Tool

The Calfiornia Lumber Merchant is the only thing I know that hasn't gone up in price. How do you do it ?

G. W. Maddox

G. W. Maddox Lumber Co. San Gabriel, Calif.