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LUMBER, COXTPANY

handling. One of the features of Capitol Sidewall Shakes is the wide selection of contemporary colors picked to enhance any architectural plan.

The choice of Sacramento, California, as a factory site u'as ma<le for several reasons: the lorv humidity being ideal for drying conditions, plus the central location for ease of distribution. Capitol Shakes are nolv distributed throughout California, and national distribution is planned for the near future.

How Lumber Looks

(Continued from lrage 1) secretary of the WCLA. The industry's unfilled order file at month's end u'as 798,317,CO} bf ;gross stocks rvere 1,020,383,000 bf.

Production by the 20 mills reporting to the California Redwood Assn. during February was 53,946,0O0 feet; shipments were 42,245,0@. Production was 7,547,0n feet above, but shipments rvere 5,651,000 feet below February 1955. Both rvere up from this January. Shipments, still low because of flood <lamage, lvere up from January because of partial resumption of service north of Willits. Orders on hand February 29 werc 111,273,000 feet; stocks were 377,697,000 feet.

Southern Pine Assn. reported for 98 mills in the week ended March 31: production,20,769,0O0 feet; shipments, 19,672,000 feet; orders, 18,774,N0 feet. A1l are above the 3-year average, rvith production 12.43/o above.

Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. reported for the week ended March 31 : production, 7@,636,000 feet-2/o above the previous rveek and 12.7/o above the same period last year; orders, 98,316,000 teet-t.2/o above the prior week and 1.8/o higher fhan the same 1955 rveek. For the year to date, production was 9.2/o above 1955.

Total retail lumber stocks on Feb. 29 u,ere estimated by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. to be 5,305 million bf, 3.3/o above January 31 but the same as last year's February figure. Six of the nine retail regions indicated gains in inventories during the month. Retail lumber sales during February .rere 7.6/a above January but 2.1 /o less than February 1955. Seven of the nine retail regions showed increases in sales during the month, rvith the largest gain of 2I.A/<, taking place in the Pacific region.

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