Whv W"inton Lumber Has Earned the Rtpntation for " Dnpen d,uble Crud,e"

f{ rne 's A FELLo\r who makes his mark in the ^ ^ world ! He is the grader at \Winton's Martell Mill, and his keen eye and unerring pencil, give \Winton lumber its well-deserved reputation for dependable grading,

A trained grader can quickly size up a board as it comes down the sloping ramp dripping wet from the dip-tank. He marks the grade on the board with an indelible pencil on the end of the stick. Each grader uses a different colored pencil, so that it is easy to check on grading accur^cy.

PONDEROSA PINE SUGAR PINE WHITE FIR DOUGLAS FIR

\Tinton Lumber is manufactured by sawmill people who know their business. Their modern, capably-manned mills reflect great personal interesl in the quality of the product they manufacture. \Winton Lumber is as good as today's machinery, experience and " knolr,hou" can make it!

If you are looking for a steady source of supply for high-quality, de pendably-graded lumber, you should try \Winton. More than 67 years in the lumbering business stands behind every \Winton board.

M. ADAMS Mcnager Jack Dionne, Publisher

How Lumber Looks

Unfavorable building weather in most parts of the country kept demand for home-construction lumber down but the dry Douglas Fir figures moved up in Crow's Lum,ber Price Index for April 18. A survey reveals that many wholesalers have restrained optimism about future demand as soon as weather improves enough to encourage building, although none expects a spurt like in recent years.

Lumber shipments of 492 mllts reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ended April 13 were 4.57o above production and new orders were 1.9% aboie; production was 0.8Vo and shipments 9.2/o above the previous week Shipments of 119,536,769 feet were 5.6/o aibove production of 113,235,0b0 feet at 165 mills reporting to the V/est Coast Lumbermen's Assn. in the week ended April 20; orders were 3.3/o below. Orders of 82,166,000 feet and shipments ot 82,798,000 feet were 5.0% and 5.8%, respectively, above production of 78,238,000 feet at 119 mills reporting to the Western Pine Assn. in the week ended April 13 Production of 49,879,0W feet was up 3 million feet and shipnrents of 44,064,000 feet was up nearlv 11 million feet from Februarv at the 15 mills reporting to-the Cilifornia Redwood Assn. for March; they were off 12 million and2A million feet, respectivelv. from March 1956 when the prodqcers werc recovering fron lhe 1955-56 floods; M,arch orders were 2.8 million feet above shipments and stocks on hand were 472,598,000 feet Orders of 20,520,000 feet were 9.22/o and 9t1!nments of 19,699,000 feet,were 4.85/o above production of 18,787,000 feet at 101 mills reporting to the Southern Pine Assn. in the week errded April 13 . Orders of 121,582,000 feet climbed 9.4/o higher than prod,uction of 11O,117,000 feet in the week ended April 20, rcported the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. Orders were 5.3/o above the previous week and 37.3Vo above the sin-rilar 1956 week.

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