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How Lrumber Lrooks

Lumber shipments of 47O nrills reporting to the National I.umber Trade Barometer were 4,ti per cent above produc' tion for the week ended April 21, 1951. ln the same week new orders <lf these mills were 4.5 per cent below production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amoutrte<l to (r(r lrcr cent of stocks. For rcporting softrvoo<l rnills, trnlillctl orders were equivalent to 29 tlitys' prodttction :tt thc cttrrctrt rate, and gross stocks wcrc cquivalcnt to 41 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 8.0 per cent above production ; ordcrs were 13.3 per ccnt above prodttction.

Compared to thc ilvcragc corrcspotrdittg rvecli of 193.5-3!), productior.r of rcporting mills was 79.5 per ccnt abovc ; shipments were 82.1 per celtt abovc; or<lers were 66.f1 per cent above. Compared to thc corresponding u'cck in 19.50, productiorr of reporting mills was 1.6 per cent altove; shipments were 2.0 per cent below;and new orders rvcre 17.0 per cent below.

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'fhe Western Pine Association for the wcek cntlcti April 8, lO4 mills reporting, gave orders as 63,583,000 fect, shipments 66,568,000 feet, and production 65,884,000 fcct. Orders cn hand at the end of the week totale,J 21(t,957,N0 feet. ***

The California Redwood Association for thc month of March, 16 companies reporting, gave orders received as ttlf nf,rcllco otllcE W. t Etcot l|0 Xerlot tt. tcl lrcldroo tl tlllcn

+9,673,0W feet, shiprrrents 55,849,000 feet. and production 52,831,000 fect. Ordcrs on hand at the end of the month totalerl 62,848,000 feet. *rf:l

'l'hc Sotrthcrn l'inc r\ssociation for the week ended April 28,82 units (105 mills) reporting, gave orders as12,772,ffi0 fcct, shipments 16,903,000 fect, and production 17,795,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 53.315,0fi) feet.

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'fhe West Coast Lumbernren's Association ftlr thc wcek cnded April 21, 174 mills reporting, gave ordcrs as 119,566,000 feet, shipments 139,16t1,000 fcct. ancl production 127,799,0N feet. Unfilled ordcrs at thc cncl of thc weck totaled 676,ffi2,ffi0 feet.

For the week ended April 23, thesc s:rme rnills rcportecl or'ders as 141,967,N0 feet, shipments 123.679,0n fect, anrl lrroduction 127,821,0N feet. Unfillc<l orrlcrs at thc cnd of the week totaled 671.252.000 feet.