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I'ortland, Oregon, April l7-Douglas fir lumller production for the first quarter of 1950 is l7 million feet below outl)ut for same period last year, :rccording to H. V. Sinrps<ln, executive vice president of West Coast l-umbermen's Association, despite heavy cutting cluring March.

"Wc havc not yet recovered fronr the crillpling cffects of thc 'l'aul Ilunyan \\/inter' of Jantrary and liclrruary," Sinrlrson said. "Last year by this tirrre, we ha<l cut 2,166,238,000 board feet. We will fall belorv 1948's record first quarter cut by 480 million feet."

"While some mills are still handicapped by lack of log su1>ply," Simpson said, "the industry as a whole is pretty wcll back to normal operation. By the end of April most logging camps rvill be opened, although late heavy snows have affected log supply in some areas."

The rveekly average of West Coast lumlter procluction in March rvas 205,817,000 b.f. or 126.3/o of the 1945-1949 average. Orders averaged 224,489,000 b.f.; shipments 218,105,000 b.f. ; weekly averages for February were ; Production 16l,4 ,VnO (99.O% of the 1945-1949 average); orders 201,507.000 b.f.; shiprnents 189,3(11,000 b.f.

Tlrirteen n'eeks of 1950 cumulative productiorr 2,149,629,0m b.f.; thirteen weeks ol 1949, 2,166,238,000 b.f.; thirteen rveeks of 1948, 2,638,002,000.

Orclers for thirteen weeks of l95O ltreakdown as follows: Rail 1,823,887,000 b.f.; truck 101,117,000 b.f.; domestic cargo 644,308,000 b.f. ; export 40,442,000 b.f.; local 132,143,000 b.f.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 813,776,60 b.f. at the end of March, gross stocks at 823,410,000 b.f.

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The Wcstern Pine Association for the week ended April 1.5, 103 mills reporting, gave orders as 67,353,000 feet, sltipments (rU,451,000 fcct, and pr<tcluction (t0,(r48,000 feet. Orders orr hand at the end of the rveek totaled 255,448,000 feet.

The Southcrn Pine Association for the rveek ended April tt, 92 units (ll8 mills) reporting, gave orders as 21,348,000 feet, shipments 17,918,000 feet, and production 18,757,000 feet. Orders on han<l at the end of the week totaled 58,540,00O feet.

The lr\rest Coast I-ttnrllermen's Association for the rveek enderl April 8, 171 mills reporting, gave orders as 126,975,000 feet,'shipments 117,765,M feet, and production 115,-

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