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14, ('Al.IF()ltNIA. f UNli l.s, 1951

How Lrumber Lrooks

I-umbcr shiPntcnts of. 487 nrills rcPortirrg t0 thc Nittional I-urrrber 'frade lJarotneter rvcrc 9.tJ Per ccnt belol' pro<luction for the rvcek en<le<l l\tay 26, 19.51. ln thc sattrc rvcck lerv ollers 9f thesc nrills tycrc 13.3 per cctrt |cftrtl'prtl<lttction. Unfilled or<lers of thc rcporting mills itnlottntc<l to 59 per cent of stocks. F'or rcporting s<lftwood rlills, trnfilled orders were ecluiv:tlcnt to 28 days' pro<lttction at tltc currcnt rate, atrd gross stocks werc c<luivalent to 44 <la1's' production,

For the year-to-clate, shiplncnts of rcportitrg itlentical nrills rverc 5,2 per cent itllove prodttction ; ortlcrs r'verc 6.0 per ccnt above productiorr.

Compared to the average corresponding u'eek of 19.1.51939, production of reporting mills s'as 95.f1 pe r cent alrovc ; shipments were 80.0 per cent lrllove; orders rvcrc 79.9 pcr ccnt above. Compared to the corresp<lnding u'eek in 19.50, productior.r of reporting rtrills u'as 12.4 per cent itllovc ; shiprnerrts were 1.7 per cent below; altd new orders wcre 0.1 per cent abovc.

'I'he \\/estcrn f inc Associatiorr ftlr thc u'cck erlrlc<l I\141' 26, 103 rnills reporting, gave or<lers as 69,41t3,000 fcet, shiprrrents (;8,347,000 feet and production 77,986,000 feet. ( )rtlcrs orr herrrtl at thc crrd of the*rveel< ttttalecl 240.392,000 fcct.

The C:tlifrtrni:t Iierltt'oo<l Associatiotr ior the tttottth oI April, 1951. sixteen cotnpanies reptlrting, gave ttrdcrs rc- ccivcrl rrs .52,!I12,(XX) fcct, shilrrrrcnts 11).7b7,@0 fce t. rrrrtl lrrorluction .56,07.5,000 fcct. ()r<lcrs otr ltatr<l at thc cttrl oI thc ntonth totalcrl ((r..532.000 fcct.

'l'lrc Southct'rr l'ittc Associittiotr for thc rvcck crrrletl l\ll1' l(), 1).J units 1ll-t rnills) reporting, gave orders ls l(r,3.50,000 fcct, shipnrcnts l7,99fi,0CX) feet. rtucl protluction 20,21 1,000 fcct. ()r<lcrs orr hantl at thc cr.rrl clf the weck totalcrl .5'1,, 153.000 fcct. *'i* l;<rr thc u'cek of Mlty 2(t these sitnrc nrills rcPortctl ortlcrs :rs 114,012,000 fect, shipnrcnts 12O,29O,000 fect, atr<l prtttlttctiorr 121J.139.000 fcet. Unfilled ordcrs at thc cnd of thc rvcck totrrlcrl (r.51.71.5,0(D fect.

'l'he \\'cst ('ortst l,ttnrlrcrtnen's Association for thc ncck crrclc<l I\lay 19, 179 rnills rcporting, g:rvc orders as 139,u60.000 fcct, shilrnrcnts 119,934,000 feet, and production 129,062.000 fcet. I-lnlrllerl orclers at thc en<l of the rvccl< totlrle<l ((10.-102,00O feet.

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