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Lumber shipments of 503 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 2.4 per ,cent below production for the rveek ended February 23, 1952. In the same week netv orders of these mills were 13.6 per cent below production. Unfilled orders for the reporting mills amounted to 44 per cent of stocks. For the reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders were equivalent to 25 r1,ays' production at the current rate, and gross stocks were equivalent to 53 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 6.4 per cent above production; orders were 13.1 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding Neek of 19351939, production of reporting mills r,vas 102.7 per cent above ; shipments rvere 68.9 per cent above; orders r,vere 63.1 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding l,r'eek in 1951, production of reporting mills tvas 2.4 per cent below; shipments were 10.3 per cent belou'; and ne.iv orders were I 1.9 per cent below.

The \\restern Pine o.r.l,"i."lfor the week ended March 1, 112 niills reporting, gave orders as 6O,919,000 feet, shipments fi6,101.000 feet, and production 53,244,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the u,eek totaled 247.633.N0 feet.

't-he California RedlvoJo ,lr.l.,"tion for the month of January, 1952, 16 companies reporting, gave orders received as 44,247,ffiO feet, shipments 34,838,000 feet, and production 40,330,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 50,666,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended March 1, 83 units (105 mills) reporting, gave orders as 15,448,0@ feet, shipments 16,0O7,000 feet, and production 15,749p00 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 46.822,N0 feet.

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